Who is they? We should promote amateur science among those with the means, ability, and integrity.
That seems to me to be the best route to more drugs, cheaper drugs, and increased scientific literacy among the public. So much public reward and so little personal risk.
Sigma Aldritch has 25 mg for $400. Your hobbies could include a personal bio-science company. Wouldn't that be a more interesting future self?
More on ISRIB from the same people:
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3667625/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341466/
Also, Centrophexine (aka Meclofenoxate on wikipedia) (and probably DMAE) works in humans with dementia using similar mechanisms as I understand it: