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Dumb Smart Pills

By The Daily Dish

Dec 23 2008, 12:53 PM ET

Lehrer is wary of cognitive enhancers:

The pharmacological failures of neuroscience are entirely understandable. The brain is the most complicated machine in the universe, which means that it's very hard to fix, and even harder to enhance. Pop those pills at your own risk.

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