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Sorry you feel that way. As TechCrunch / HN is a predominantly Silicon Valley centered community, we grounded the current work in nootropics with analogies and metaphors that make sense in the tech world today. I think this biohacking / nootropics ties into the broader context of the quantified self theme that many, many technologists are working on.

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Yeah, well, not mentioning Erowid is pretty counter-intuitive to the entire article. It's ignorance dressed up as education. The path has already been started long before VC/SV smelled something interesting. Maybe if VC/SV had a great track record in investing in actual research science, which in fairness is being choked and driving people out of the profession, then maybe there'd be some hope. Thus far, I see far more risk than reward in complimenting or encouraging the VC/SV community to pursue this field.

Also, citing movies like Lucy and Limitless just feels juvenile. Why not strap on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for some counter balance? Drugs is drugs is drugs...

I'd say erowid leans more heavily towards recreational drugs which is out of the scope of what we wanted to talk about, but note taken. Definitely will shoutout erowid in any future discussions.

Lucy and Limitless were used as a writing hook - cheesiness noted, but they're relevant and accessible examples of how nootropics are entering the mainstream consciousness.

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