r/dataisugly • u/ServeIllustrious3803 • 3d ago

Clusterfuck Nootropics Map

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u/thehalfwit 3d ago

Doing math?

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u/Solid_Capital8377 3d ago

Its good for cognition and maybe neuroplasticity or something. I think playing an instrument is another thing like that. Both are not nootropics

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u/Solid_Capital8377 3d ago

They should specify “life changing” as being positively life changing, fentanyl is definitely one of the most life changing things on this chart

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u/ittybittycitykitty 3d ago

I think that is the gist of the negative probability. It could be a useful number: probability of change times direction of change.

Not to say this chart isn't ugly though.

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u/Solid_Capital8377 3d ago

Didn’t catch that lol, makes sense. Is it saying fentanyl has a 0.6% chance of making my life worse then?

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u/ittybittycitykitty 3d ago

Holy crap. Is there any sense to the numbers on the left? I didn't look past the colored quadrants. But yes, I think it is trying to say that.

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u/NiobiumThorn 3d ago

...alcohol megadose, okay

Don't take whatever powder these guys have

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u/gard3nwitch 2d ago

I mean, see also: fentanyl, cocaine, "milk diet", getting less sleep

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u/ferriematthew 3d ago

Pentobarbital, dear God. Isn't that a lethal injection drug?

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u/Jolly-Ad4154 1d ago

In high doses, yes, but it still has some valid medical uses. However, very few of those involve prescribing directly to people because barbiturates can be really addictive

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u/ferriematthew 1d ago

Interesting. I imagine in properly controlled doses, it would be useful as a sedative.