The Geek

Vladimir Nabakov, in his autobiography Speak, Memory, described memory as: the masterly use it makes of innate harmonies when gathering to its fold the suspended and wandering tonalities of the past.” Thera Botanics, the manufacturers of Cebria, on the other hand, describe memory as Neuropeptides… I know: How elegant. Except both Nabakov & Thera Botanics are right: Memory is essentially wandering … Read more

Western practices have a bad habit of over-economizing health. Doctors reduce physical wellbeing to cell counts. Public health reduces people to statistics. Yet, here’s an economic principle I love to apply to health: Return on Investments. Brain Awake is your quintessential Return on Investments nootropic stack for its emphasis on optimizing brain structure & function now for enhanced brain … Read more

Infowars Brain Stack Wins the War on the Mind Brain Force Plus isn’t your standard nootropic stack. It’s an elite, underground militia of brain healthy supplements. It’s a revolution of the mind, baby! Or at least that’s how it’s being marketed by its formulators, online news show Infowars. That’s right, you read that correctly: Infowars, … Read more

Before we had MTV’s Real World… Long before the Kardashians… We had ancient Greek Mythology: e.g. Zeus begets Athena through Titan goddess Metis before marrying Themis. Aphrodite marries Hephaistos while sporting a long love affair with Ares & later Poseidon. Then Poseidon casually disguises himself as Enipus to trick Tyro into sleeping with him. The drama. … Read more

Here’s one for all you mindless dummies–a comparison review between two mindful nootropic: Mind Lab Pro and OptiMind. Looks like we’re dealing with a couple of plagiarists here. If I’m being honest, I don’t mind a little plagiarism in the world of nootropics, so long as the formula that’s being plagiarized is the better of the two. Between Mind Lab Pro … Read more