I don’t think it’s cheating, but I don’t know how smart it is.
It’s different from steroids, I think, in most people’s minds. With steroid muscles, you are giving yourself an unfair advantage over those who use un-medicated ways of bulking up. That’s cheating because you are playing a game that wants us to play on a level playing field.
But mental effort—we’re not playing a game against each other here. We are working to be the best so we can make a better contribution and make more money. Already people with money have an advantage over the poor. We don’t make everyone start from the same place. There is no level playing field in life, so study drugs don’t really make a difference. It’s the same old, same old.