# Yes!  Yes!  Yes!  Anti-Stupidity Pill in the Works!!!!!!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 18, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-yes-yes-anti-stupidity-pill-in-the-works/369204 "2006-08-18T08:47:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-yes-yes-anti-stupidity-pill-in-the-works/369204/21 "2006-08-19T08:37:47Z")

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> [@Seven](#):
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> Monkey crap on a stick. Those words were only 50 cents when I was a kid.

See what a long-term investment can do for you?

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-yes-yes-anti-stupidity-pill-in-the-works/369204/22 "2006-08-19T16:26:07Z")

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This is real progress, though some would say we don’t need smarter fruit flies and mice. The closest thing we had up to now was cocaine, which makes the user **believe** he is smarter. In fact, cocaine makes the user considerably more stupid.

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