I think it will take at least a couple more rounds to clear up the factual disagreements between Fumento and Eberstadt. This debate, I suspect, will go on. The deeper reason for that is that the differences between Fumento and Eberstadt connect to larger philosophical differences–questions about the relation between the brain and the mind, and about what it means to be human. Despite what strikes me as overmuch of rancor from many parties in the debate over Ritalin and similar drugs, the issues and the antagonists in this exchange are worthy. I hope they will keep on talking–especially about the larger issues. For my own reflections on some of the underlying questions, see my piece, “No Brainer,” from a couple of years ago.

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Stanley Kurtz is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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