Smart Drugs: Can One Pill Make Me Smarterer? (Medical Documentary)

Smart Drugs: Can One Pill Make Me Smarterer? (Medical Documentary) | Real Stories

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6 ай бұрын

If popping a pill could make you smarter and increase your memory would you take it? In this cinematic POV documentary, Nik Badminton travels to Silicon Valley and immerses himself in the real world of bio-hacking and smart drugs as depicted by Hollywood films like Lucy and Limitless. As Nik tries drugs and treatments recommended by people in the business of self-optimization, he begins to question the bio-hacking movement and asks: are we losing sight of what makes us human?
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@meathead365 6 ай бұрын

There will always be someone ready to sell us a "magic pill"

@AckunaFritatta 6 ай бұрын

Yeah unfortunately 😕

@inphinitezero5499 3 ай бұрын

Meditation and healthy food, sleep, excercise will improve your intelligence more than any pill and without side effects. If you really wanna take something just microdose psilocybin/DMT + lion's mane + niacin

@mzluv6903 5 ай бұрын

So i guess at 8 minutes into this film..the guy gulping down all the pills felt it would be tacky to ask to see a full print of the ingredients and side effects ?...oh yeah and than he will tell us what to think of the meds rather than telling us whats in this stuff....great reporting...ive learned so much

@raginald7mars408 6 ай бұрын

… as a German Biologist - this is about the inter action of the HPA Axis and the frontal Cortex Determining and limiting the mental Band Width Clarity, Focus, Concentration, Endurance Dis tracktions… As Reward and PAIN relief we make the HPA Axis even more active Reducing ever more frontal Cortex Band Width No chemicals can help You have to train this all yourself

@user-mq4ui6qw5i 5 ай бұрын

I have found that taking nootropics is a sign that we feel insecure about the challenges that lay ahead. We feel that we can't handle the workloads that we set out for ourselves so we design a system to give ourselves some sort of confidence. Unfortunately this is not the best way to handle that insecurity. The better way is to develop a good diet, a strong routine based on circadian rhythm, and perhaps just take some natural supplements that are known to be good for brain health. Because ultimately these things that amp you up, will contribute to a harder burnout. I've tried it all, and took a lot of modafinil when I found myself traveling a lot for work. I felt like a zombie, and I believe this is because it was constantly working in my system to rob my sleep. At any rate, one night I decided to put those and some other pills in a protein shake filled with isopropyl alcohol. To sum up this rant, all I can say is that a sustainable route to who you want to be is best, and that if you look deep enough, life is not all about how much work you can get done.

@RLFinTX 6 ай бұрын

Wow! Now we need something for those of us that have chronic pain! 🙏🏻

@hicknopunk 6 ай бұрын

I am hoping the sea snail poison gets more widely adopted. Right now I am fighting to get a pump.

@RLFinTX 6 ай бұрын

@@hicknopunk I have not heard about this snail poison, but I will look into it, thanks! Are you having to fight with your insurance?

@RowOfMushyTiT 6 ай бұрын

EMSAM works well for pain and fatigue.

@RLFinTX 6 ай бұрын

@@RowOfMushyTiT Thank you! I will look that up!

@hicknopunk 6 ай бұрын

@@RLFinTX i am not a wack job, look up Ziconotide too

@meathead365 6 ай бұрын

They might make you smarter They will make you poorer

@SM-db8gx 6 ай бұрын

Omg. When he started doing the push-ups. 😂 He was electrified!

@carpediemus 6 ай бұрын

It was all a blur to me mate

@Mark-ef7pi 3 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary, gives the proponents a fair chance, shows us the nitty gritty and concludes realistically at the end.

@nicollokhumalo2826 6 ай бұрын

Which should actually be the focus. Drugs that can make you more emotionally and mentally balanced. If you're alright in your emotionally/psychologically, the intelligence follows naturally.

@rogerscottcathey 6 ай бұрын

Self experimentation with "smart" drugs can lead to mental and emotional imbalance. It's not worth it. Everything we need is in food sources.

@kendraheard8240 6 ай бұрын

You said it right that's all you need and some prayer you can do all things threw Christ who strengthens you!....they are absolutely out of their minds....bro took a coke pill now he's super hyped lol and it isn't FDA approved yikes 🤨🤔.... interesting to watch tho

@dumuzi9662 6 ай бұрын

Unless you're really stupid in which case "take all of of the above before driving"

@feywerfolevado6286 6 ай бұрын

I agree with the OP! (and of course there’s the one person who always chimes in about “prayer” lol)

@cassieoz1702 6 ай бұрын

I usually find the definitions of 'success' or 'intelligence' or whatever are totally uni-dimensional, and pursued at the expense of other domains in life

@NewLife-qj9mx 5 ай бұрын

☝️ used to be

@khadijahbegum3546 6 ай бұрын

"smarterer" just say smarter😂

@derekjameson6376 3 ай бұрын

Lol, I think that was a typo.

@notrend_ 3 ай бұрын

14:00 dudes day starts off with a thin white line forsure

@TallyRocky 6 ай бұрын

FDA “generally regarded as safe” is incorrect. GRAS is designated by the manufacturer, not the FDA. And, what they (the makers of this stuff) regard as “safe” may not fit our definitions.

@RLFinTX 6 ай бұрын

That curved keyboard is so cool! His fingers were flying!

@Ryanlani221 6 ай бұрын

Modafinil is the safest nootropic and has changed my life and manages my ADHD like nothing else.

@RowOfMushyTiT 6 ай бұрын

EMSAM even better.

@divaah4406 6 ай бұрын

I thought Modafinil was illegal.

@OneManTagTeam 6 ай бұрын

I get prescribed Modafinil on the NHS to help with the fatigue I get with MS

@OneManTagTeam 6 ай бұрын

@@lucyinthesky444 it helps with fatigue and brain fog

@RLFinTX 6 ай бұрын

This was a super interesting show!

@jeffwilliams7054 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the open sharing about your life, You have achieved a lot, I like how you decided to incorporate fitness, diet, relationships and meditation.. Good stuff

@melcanares7356 6 ай бұрын

Wow what an amazing time to be alive

@arcticgoddess 6 ай бұрын

Remember more and live longer? I have depression, so that's a no. I would sacrifice some memory and longevity for a pill that actually cured my depression.

@brandond1243 6 ай бұрын

U can't fix stupid with a pill I know

@paulperry7091 3 ай бұрын

Pretty sure you can MAKE stupid with a pill. I know.

@damonblade3195 6 ай бұрын

At what cost ? What about side effects? Will I have brain damage after this thing wears off?

@raaz1210 6 ай бұрын

i use nootripics sometimes ..there is super energy crash at evening and your heart beats so fast that u might think you are going to get heart attack ..those are some bad sides but it feels amazing

@lisbetancourt6658 2 ай бұрын

I use nootropics by biotech, not heart beat changed, pure focus and energy though

@norastorvik4155 6 ай бұрын

I feel stupiderer

@Bewi1dered1 4 ай бұрын

I had a stronke

@chicagoliightsx Ай бұрын

@@Bewi1dered1 lmao 😆

@chapman137 6 ай бұрын

find yourself before you wreck yourself

@carpediemus 6 ай бұрын

When he says "we used to work with our hands", I'm an electrician, what does he mean by this?

@bittergourdcake 6 ай бұрын

When someone says "we used to work with our hands," they're likely referring to a time when manual labor or physical skills were more emphasized in their profession. In this context as an electrician, it could suggest a shift from more hands-on, practical tasks to potentially more technologically or digitally focused aspects of the job.

@carpediemus 6 ай бұрын

It's just that I know a lot of people in construction, all different trades, who have a very hands on experience every day. At the end of the day there are millions of people making places, with their hands, that all of us live in or work in.The bourgeois idea that we all advance together as a society doesn't take into consideration that the people who actually do the manual work, are somehow less than the thinkers who declare that manual work is practically over. Outsourcing jobs to developing nations misses what happens to the people here, who did the jobs before. Once the jobs of the bourgeois thinkers are under threat, where all of the top notch thinking is done elsewhere, leaves them looking into manual jobs they might be able to do, just to earn a bit of money. When this happens on a large scale all of the grand thinking that we all move forward together, is gone. If outsourced jobs to developing nations help raise the people there out of poverty, manual jobs we are speaking of at the moment, what does this do for our own people here. Don't drink the intellectual Kool-Aid and look at what is happening to people in your own community. People are hurting, us proles first and next, our very worthwhile intellectuals will feel it.@@bittergourdcake

@saltandpepperandmint 6 ай бұрын

Smarterer?

@maxsweater2627 6 ай бұрын

I was wondering the same

@crebspark 6 ай бұрын

@@maxsweater2627 yes everybody's getting 'smarterer'

@bittergourdcake 6 ай бұрын

8:53 At the beginning of the video, there's a peak of pride as humans witness the "greatness" of manipulating the environment. However, in the end, the environment responds with a skeptical tone, saying, "Really? How great are we at manipulation, or is it just our intelligence that traps us in the nonsense? It's as if mocking the confidence of humans, which is now reduced to a big question mark. Our lives seem like an absurd play where we are the main actors, but do we truly know the plot? 😂

@gretaweiss6802 5 ай бұрын

Super expensive bullshit, basically. Oh and caffeine 🙄

@Lewisiaable 5 ай бұрын

I won’t even take Paracetamol. So this to me is crazy

@TheSkyHive 2 ай бұрын

It puzzles me that not one person brought up his testosterone levels......this is very important for men in late 30s and on, especially with high stress jobs and very little physical activity. I am 45 and 5 years ago I started TRT, it changed my life in so many ways....I feel and look amazing. I was able to stop taking meds for sleeping and waking up too!

@tamarhope2767 Ай бұрын

Work out,eat healthy food,get around genuine people.This Real help also for better Life.🎯💯💯

@Libra_Strings 6 ай бұрын

I need some Sprint 👀

@oldFISHman 6 ай бұрын

>tatoo frik >nootrops lol

@sahanglp3i-271 2 ай бұрын

I have ADHD ... Well I don't know ... I see the effect of the so called "smart drugs" just as same as my ADHD symptoms. In fact I have been looking for a "smart drugs" to avoid or eliminate my ADHD symptoms, but enhancing my IQ. The modafinil thing is not too different with any ADHD prescription, focus but not enhancing IQ.. If those are the result ... I think I'll just live my ADHD live. If it is a "smart drugs" it must enhance the IQ, it must .. If it isn't, where is the "smart" things?

@jojo-qr4xj 6 ай бұрын

GREAT WORK .. THANK YOU FOR THIS ONE >>>

@artyomloukashov636 6 ай бұрын

Mixing and stressing. No smart drug can cure that.

@Travluminatii 6 ай бұрын

Short answer is YES !

@quirk3 6 ай бұрын

You commented before you even watched the documentary. Sad attention seeking.

@bakebandit 6 ай бұрын

43:34 looks like a scene from the office

@hicknopunk 6 ай бұрын

His dr told him to be careful, by dr tells me I scare them occasionally with my medical hacks like making custom insulin pens using substituted parts, hacking my dexcom, etc 😅

@RowOfMushyTiT 6 ай бұрын

Ye making your own Insulin is biohacking not buying some pills online.

@mikewhaley2386 5 ай бұрын

That was really uninformative. It takes the whole show for the guy to realize he has to give his system a break. Doesn’t measure any results or provide any real feedback or proof whether they work or dont i am disappointed in myself for taking time out of my busy schedule to give this a watch.

@phillipgonzalez9776 Күн бұрын

I just watched it and felt the exact same way, but I'm glad I watched it on 2x speed--I want my time back.

@Sweven521 4 ай бұрын

What can I used if after 20 years of use stimulants dont work? I have reduced simple sugars by 50%, am getting 7h sleep a night, exercise 3x/wk

@uncleericrocks 6 ай бұрын

Should have taken b4 tatoos

@Eminetics 6 ай бұрын

I feel like this is sort of ironic 🤡

@r.vchophy2539 6 ай бұрын

I can't believe this its a stupid idea

@joannayeo9545 6 ай бұрын

Agree.

@ivandansigmun3891 6 ай бұрын

Magic mushroom retreat to reset

@jessequimpo7354 6 ай бұрын

Everything has it's price

@jpadma9 26 күн бұрын

Im about to try something more natural, Vyamind.

@danielkorir1457 4 ай бұрын

Did you try khat?

@vikkismith7497 6 ай бұрын

Medicine for this and that. How does each medication know exactly what to work on in the body system with interfering with the healthy organ?? It's not possible for each medication to only work on the issue it's for in the body. So every organ is going be treated with all the medications that it's not needed and then the whole body system is systematic and breaks down into more and more sickness. And that's what people are taking medicine will never get better because one thing leads to another problem.

@looneycrow7978 6 ай бұрын

That's not how you break fast. That can be deadly.. please be warned

@smokNmiras 6 ай бұрын

I’ll take these smart drugs and increase my motivation and creativity… wow I could definitely use more motivation and creativity I’ll try some vyvanse… I love motivation and creativity so much now, I think I’ll start smoking my motivation and creativity in crystal form from a small glass stem🤩

@kavitadeva 6 ай бұрын

Vyvanse? Did nothing for me. I use Adderall that helps.

@bakebandit 6 ай бұрын

Walter white can hook you some 💀💀

@happyandhealthy888 4 ай бұрын

necessary 🙂

@entertainmentplushd 6 ай бұрын

Caution: These supplements are not natural so use natural food to boost your energy and consult with your Nutritionist.

@kandi2283 6 ай бұрын

Really

@ludmilaclemente4294 2 ай бұрын

Drogas inteligentes

@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948 6 ай бұрын

pilled OUT.

@andrewsiasparks 6 ай бұрын

They talk slow for supposed "enhanced" people..

@hicknopunk 6 ай бұрын

Microdosing needs to be done using an ammo reloading scale with 3 decimal points at least. Please do not try to micro dose LSD. Do you have any idea how little a microdose of LSD is? You cannot use a cheap Chinese scale, they are soooooooo unreliable.

@clairebarnes452 28 күн бұрын

I have Multiple Sclerosis and use Modafinil to combat fatigue. I dont think its a smart drug maybe posh meth.

@10-OSwords 6 ай бұрын

Well produced but no scientific studies, no clinical data & taking 50 different things at once will not give you any result you can tie back to anything.

@michellewhyatt4438 6 ай бұрын

Are you sure you're going to be alright doing all this you're going to burn yourself out please gor gods sake go careful

@MrMotherfuck123 4 ай бұрын

Someone calls himself a futurist and gets a TV Show??

@skiinkan 6 ай бұрын

yeah its very healthy eating 12 pills each day... smh

@sran9492 6 ай бұрын

What do you mean? Its all natural, we find it in plants lmao 😂😂😂

@gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340 6 ай бұрын

cannabis will make you happier

@kendraheard8240 6 ай бұрын

Aww bless his heart he is only doing this out of fear to not be the person who he used to be ....no money, broke....I pray that you find Jesus he loves you, you're so precious and you're already super intelligent you don't need these pills..and they definitely can't keep you alive forever.... besides who wants to be on this Earth forever when Jesus has prepared a special place for us!!!

@kavitadeva 6 ай бұрын

As a Christian I must say I think you missed the point. it's not about everlasting life with God. we still have to live on this Earth and if this gentlemen can find a way to exist On this terrible planet then why shouldn't he or you or me? I am very sick and in chronic pain, basically I am bed-bound it doesn't matter what happens after I die in this video. What we are talking about here is a quality of life while we have to be on this Earth

@kendraheard8240 6 ай бұрын

@@kavitadeva sure you have your opinion that your entitled too...and I wish tht you receive healing God bless you!❤️🙏

@javid3889 6 ай бұрын

😂

@vikkismith7497 6 ай бұрын

Back in 70s and 80s it's was only a few doctors and few sick people. And one doctor cover for all the complain in sickness. There was no doctor for every different sickness of the body. And most of ailments that are around nowadays wasn't existed then. I never heard of Parkinson, Alzheimer, children with down syndrome, dimension, MS multiple seriossis, and so many more aliments that are around now.wasnt around then. Even eyes diseases wasn't around. I don't remember seeing anyone wearing eye glasses and people complaining that they can't see. Not even cancer was so common in those days like it's nowadays. So some thing had gone wrong in the society that we're living in some parts of the world. There are more sickness in some places of the world than others parts. Could it be the artificial food we're eating causing most of the problem in people's body??

@XeniaAce 6 ай бұрын

Born 73,my father was a doctor and it was normal that my parents were talking about patients and all these sicknesse s were around. I also wear glasses since I am 9, year 82, and about 10 other classmates had glasses in a class of 34 studens. The same in the parallel classes

@user-zk8ed4kd2b 6 ай бұрын

All of these existed in the 70's and 80's.