Free Choice: Need To Boost Your Brain?

Need help remembering an assignment that's due?  Want your brain to work better than it currently does? If so, a nootropic may be exactly what you're looking for.  Nootropics are supplements that can aid in brain function.  They can help you retain information, improve memory, and concentration among other things.  These supplements enhance cognitive function and act like a type of brain vitamin.  Also, these nootropics are not a prescription drug like Adderall or Ritalin.  Sound too good to be true?  I thought so too at first.
I decided to try one of these brain pills that is  growing in popularity called Alpha Brain.  This particular supplement comes from the website Onnit.  Onnit is a website that is focused on helping people to reach their peak mentally and physically.  Along with selling their product Alpha Brain, they explain what each substance in the supplement is supposed to do.  For skeptics who are edgy about brain enhancers, experiments that have been conducted are included on the product page as well as the beneficial results.  This product is plant based and has no artificial ingredients.
I have not been taking this nootropic long enough to notice any drastic changes in my brain, but I do notice that I remember things better, especially school related information.  It has made studying and sitting in class much easier for me.  I don't think these nootropics can change anyone into a total genius overnight, but I do believe they should be considered if someone wants to try and get a little boost on their level of brain power.  I highly recommend nootropics to anyone who wishes to improve their minds.

Can Reading Make You A Better Person?

I believe that reading can indeed make some people better people.  I say this because reading a book can give someone a different viewpoint on a certain something and help the reader better understand different people and how they see things.  They can actually feel or experience where this different point of view comes from.  A reader has a chance to get to know other people through books and can then use the socializations inside the books to help improve their ways of socializing with other people.  Some people may even be able to apply this newfound perspective in every day life as soon as they have witnessed it through a book.

However, I do not believe this applies to anyone and everyone who has ever read a novel.  It's very unlikely that if you just pick up a book and read it you will immediately feel a moral change and live up to these changes discussed on the article.  It takes more than reading a couple books to change a person's moral intentions and actions.  For example, if a serial killer reads a novel a day, it is still very hard to believe that someone like that could and will change due to their reading of books.  They'll probably keep killing people and keep reading as a hobby with no change in their morals whatsoever.  This example may be a little extreme, but it has a gritty truth to it that should partially debunk the thought that reading will, without a doubt, help make everyone a better person. 

So, could reading books often possibly have an effect on some people's moral consciousness?  I say yes, but I strongly disagree that it can make every single person a better person.