Semi-legal drug occasionally used by baselines/near- baselines
seeking to solve a complex problem without the assistance of an
ai.  The drug increases brain activity within each cerebral
hemisphere and between the hemispheres as well. The result is an
increased ability to comprehend and manipulate multiple, complex
variables and to see connections between different pieces of
information. A normal dose of the drug lasts for 12 hours in a
baseline/near-baseline nervous system. When it wears off the
user typically experiences a splitting headache and nausea for a
number of hours unless another dose is administered. Brainstorm
has severe negative side effects when used repeatedly or
continuously over an extended period of time, including stroke,
numbness in the extremities, and in some cases psychosis.
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Todd Drashner  Initially published on 31 December 2007.