I've taken many psychedelics that make me feel like the smartest person in the universe for the duration of the trip, waaay smarter than anyone on NZT. Crazy ideas that just come together and fit profoundly well. I'm pretty certain that I'm never as intelligent as when I'm 100% sober though. I sometimes write down my "amazing ideas" while tripping, and then when sober struggle to understand WTF I was thinking. WTF was I thinking? This paragraph doesn't make any sense, grammatically or otherwise!
I highly doubt there will exist a drug that truly boosts intelligence like NZT in the movie. Assuming that no such drug currently exists (I'd bet a lot that this assumption is true), it would have to be engineered, and that would first require a thorough understanding of how the human brain functions, and neuroscientists are no where near that point. We have no idea what sentience or consciousness even are in biochemical terms.
I highly doubt there will exist a drug that truly boosts intelligence like NZT in the movie. Assuming that no such drug currently exists (I'd bet a lot that this assumption is true), it would have to be engineered, and that would first require a thorough understanding of how the human brain functions, and neuroscientists are no where near that point. We have no idea what sentience or consciousness even are in biochemical terms.