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That's assuming the unscrupulous spam artists pushing nootropics and smart-pills even care about the adverse effects of the ingredients they're selling. And most of their target consumers will be too wooed by the use of a scientific term like 'cathepsin-b' to bother with their own due diligence.


Lebanese proverb - "If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement."


English speaking equivalent:

_"Wealthy people with quirks are called eccentric. Poor people are called crazy"_


Terry Pratchett's quote?




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