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More people than ever now believe in the flat Earth. Perhaps you’ve wondered about it yourself…

Now I’m the first guy to be distrustful of things that the government tells us, and I’ve watched most of the conspiracy documentaries on the topic, but I remain utterly unconvinced of the flat Earth because of simple logic…

There is tremendous economic incentive for someone to expose the supposed hoax of the globe Earth, yet no one has yet to offer really compelling evidence of a flat Earth.

IF the Earth were flat…

Multinational corporations would travel beyond the “ice wall” to exploit natural resources. The discovery of more unclaimed land would represent an opportunity worth--not billions--but trillions. Drill baby, drill!

Some ambitious journalist, celebrity, or adventurer who wanted to become world-famous would crowdfund an expedition to the end of the world. Take photos of it. Make a documentary about it, and it would become the story of the century. Celebrity and notoriety, guaranteed!

The discovery that the world is flat would seriously undermine atheism and secularism — millions of people would go back to church looking for answers. It would be incredible for organized religions that are losing ground as the up-and-coming generations are increasingly “spiritual, not religious,” secular, or nominally religious. The faithful would be multiplied and flock back.

Somebody with a long-range drone aircraft could launch it from Patagonia, Argentina, and fly it south for as long as it took to prove or disprove the flat Earth. Doable with a mission budget of $2.5 million.

Some vain, glorious multi-millionaire or billionaire would organize a secret mission to the ice wall and then brag about it. Billionaires love extravagant excursions.

One of the world’s governments would travel there, document it, and publicize it to embarrass other competing governments that are lying to their citizens. The statist cathedral of corruption is built on lies, and would topple with this cornerstone removed.

There would be many thousands of individuals working in various governments who would know about the flat Earth and possess proof. They would have a tremendous opportunity for fame and fortune by exposing the truth. Water finds its level, and bureaucracy leaks--always.

Yet despite millions or billions of dollars in economic incentive up for grabs by anyone bold or clever enough to expose the hoax, all we have as evidence are grainy photographs and backyard experiments with rockets.

What flat Earthers are making such a fuss about is all highly dubious evidence AGAINST the globular Earth model; they have no real, substantial evidence FOR the flat Earth. Flat Earthers are akin to people who say capitalism is a useless, failed system because there are homeless people. It’s like saying…

“Capitalism has given us extraordinary medicine, technology, and entertainment along with unprecedented quality of life and freedom, but it’s a big failure that we should abandon because it’s not working for a small fringe of scruffy, smelly guys who sleep on the streets.”

Flat Earth skeptics and believers get into these futile debates...

Ultimately, these debates are pointless because neither party is a real scientific domain expert on any of the specific domains. I’ve yet to see a debate with a credentialed scientist seriously defending one side or another. These discussions seem to just be between internet personalities or “journalists.”

I’ve studied a specific domain of science for the past 14 years — human performance enhancement — I looked at thousands of studies, read many books, conducted self-experiments, and interviewed experts, thus I could competently debate about human performance enhancement. Since I have a modicum of domain-specific understanding, I realize how clueless I am when it comes to any other topic of science.

The people debating FOR the flat Earth are classic cases of the Dunning-Kruger effect — they spend a couple of weeks or months watching YouTube videos and reading articles about a topic, and they are convinced that they are experts in half a dozen different domains of science that intersect this conspiracy theory.

The side debating AGAINST the flat Earth theory is also problematic. There’s a blurry line between science and pseudoscience that’s damned difficult to discern by anyone who’s not devoted years of their life to studying a field.

* Anywhere that scientific establishment and public funding meet, you have corruption, fraud, and perverse financial incentives.

* Scientific journals are losing their integrity thanks to the pay-to-publish model.

* Political correctness is compromising science.

* The replication crisis has demonstrated the failure of the peer-review process.

Flat Earth skeptics assume they are scientifically literate because of their educations, but they, too, are likely Dunning-Kruger dummies. The reality is that most Americans, after spending 12 years or more in educational institutions, are scientifically illiterate, 72% according to the MIT Technology Review.

You don’t need to invoke science or get into a pseudoscientific debate to prove or disprove something when it can be debunked using critical thinking.

The popularity of the flat Earth theory is not just a sign of how dumb people are — some of the true believers seem to actually be quite smart — It’s a sign of how rare critical thinking has become.

More about critical thinking...

Check out this documentary series I did on bad science...

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A witty and in-depth discussion with my beautiful Bulgarian wife about Western men dating abroad, seeking asylum from modernity with the unashamedly feminine women that can be found in Medellin, Colombia, Odessa, Ukraine, or Sofia, Bulgaria--where I filmed this clip pretending to daygame her and her little dog...

And more from the chapter Dating and Marrying Exotic Foreign Women, from my book for men, Don’t Stick Your Dick in a Blender: How to meet a nice girl instead - from a tantric husband with a better sex life than you!

An irreverent, politically incorrect exposition of the state of dating in the current year. And a playbook of counter-intuitive approaches, advanced social dynamics lifehacks along with filtering strategies for avoiding the time-wasters and inglorious skanks.

But dating abroad is not for everybody...

Doctors begin their careers with the Hippocratic Oath vowing to...

First, do no harm.

While I’m not a doctor, the same ethos has underlied my endeavors to inform about Smart Drugs, Nootropics, health supplements, and Biohacking tech for 14 years now. I’m a major advocate of the safe and conservative use of these tools, so in this article, I’ll outline my guidelines for safety and risk management strategy. If you’re new(-ish) to this whole weird and wacky world of Biohacking, self-experimentation, and cognitive enhancement, this is a pretty good place to start.

Among Biohackers, there’s a predilection for risk.

And don’t get me wrong, like risk. My favorite line from my all-time favorite novel is...

I was young again, as if on the sea or in the air, made lively by having everything to lose and everything to gain, made content only by risk, for in the light of risk every earthly color catches heavenly fire.

But I like risk that ROIs - terms of profit, pleasure, or health - I don’t like risk bearing drastic downside (wherein dwell dire black swans - yeah, I’m an acolyte of Nassim Taleb, author of Antifragile). Due to my conspicuous position as a self-experimenter and the personality I inject into my content, I receive a number of emails and messages from people (usually young men) asking me about experimental Smart Drugs, research chemicals, microdosing psychedelics, or psychoactive chemicals in the legal fringes. I consistently urge conservative self-experimentation to these people, not because I’m a stodgy conservative but because this kind of self-experimentation is bad risk management in light of my 14 years of obsessive study. Whatever your Biohacking goals are...

* Being more energetic, focused, and productive

* Improving mood and mindset

* Improving memory or accelerating skillset acquisition

* Recovery from trauma

* Having better sex

* Recapturing your cognitive edge

* Making gains in the gym

...There are better ways of doing it than taking risks with unproven research chemicals, taking supplements in extreme dosages, or invasive technological interventions.

How to do proper research (before you order or ingest anything)

With the exotically-accented Mrs. Limitless, I address these seven questions with incisive wit...

Disclaimer

What you find on this website is NOT medical advice. I’m not a doctor. I’m just an experienced unlicensed self-experimenter practicing free speech in talking about my own extensive experiences and my interpretations of published science. Please see my guide on How to Biohack Smart and Safe. You should consult a doctor about any biohacking you’re doing and ideally also get a second opinion.

Q:

I just purchased the Piracetam Protocol almost a month ago using your links and arrived two weeks later. I started taking Piracetam with 6-8 servings of the free 1/8 teaspoon scoop that came with the package last December 24. I’m still waiting for my milligram scale to arrive. I noticed a subtle increase in focus and clarity. My questions are:1. How long does it take for me to get the full effect of Piracetam? I’m thinking that the ones I took were not enough.2. Should I start taking an attack dose? How many grams am I allowed to take?3. How many grams of Rhodiola should I take? It wasn’t mentioned in the protocol.I have some questions/clarifications that I would like you to answer on your next podcast:1. Is there any optimum time of the day that I have to take the nootropics?2. I’m taking the piracetam in two parts, 2g after waking up in the morning , then another 2 -2.8 grams before going to work. I mixing it with grape juice to mask the taste. Will it decrease the potency of piracetam?3. What would be the best way to cycle with the nootropics, after a month or 2 months. I’m actually planning to go for 2 months then cycle for a month or 2 months.4. Is it ok to take ALCAR on empty stomach? I read your post about taking Rhodiola in the morning 30 minutes before meal and I’m just wondering if that would also be the case for ALCAR.5. I’m planning to go as far as 9 grams of Piracetam daily? Would it be alright?

A:

Read

* Best way to take ALCAR

* Book: The Rhodiola Revolution

Q:

hey light red brother. Can you give me your lists of efficients nootropics ( I m a musician, drawer, & main what people call an artist, working mainly toward rising consciousness ) would you help me in my endeavor ? I m looking for lifespan increase/memory/focus/well being, and any thing that your holistic sense would believe could fit someone doing bass music ( aka violent club music ). if you need something from me, feel free to ask/ edit : I need something that destroy the floor !

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Recommendations

Piracetam

Oxiracetam

25-50 Milligrams of Modafinil

Phenibut

Q:

Lacan is even worse. I like Foucault though. Proper scholar. He shouldn’t be lumped with obscurantists like Lacan and Derida but there is a general tendency to do so. This deconstruction nonsense is now deeply rooted in the US academia, so much so, that it was forced down my throat back at Ithaca College in ‘98. With a class disguised by the name Media Aesthetics and Analysts. Had NOTHING t do with either. It was taught by a condescending, cynical, lesbian, communist feminazi. Pure garbage. But I had to study it to get my degree.

A:

Listen: The Worst Idea Ever

The sordid history of postmodernism: Postmodernism’s Dangerous History | Stephen Hicks and Stefan Molyneux and France: Burn Till You Learn!

Q:

Hey Johnny! Thanks for the heads up on your new book! I’m looking forward to that!Maybe I can get some insight into a nootropic or a stack of nootropics for somebody that is older than a lot of people and whose brain is going to s***!I basically just went with a combination of Procera AVH and mood for several years , and then tried Procera Advanced Brain , I read a good review of that on a website. I’ve been on that for maybe a couple two three months , and noticed I couldn’t sleep at night unless I took it during the day. If I took it after 6 p.m. I couldn’t sleep, or I would go to sleep and wake up after 2 3 hours. I can’t really say as it’s doing much though! Congratulations to you on your success! I hope you guys have lots of kids , if that’s what you want! Your last message that I got was that you were getting married!

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Recommendations

Mitochondrial Nootropics

Neuro-Stack by Akua Life - Rich in high-quality, patented ingredients (Discontinued unfortunately)

My book: How to Be Cross Eyed: Thriving Despite Your Physical Imperfection

Q:

Hi Jonathan, can I take Noopept only or is it always recommended to combine it with Alpha GPC? What is better and safer(liver): Noopept+Alpha GPC or Adrafinil? (goal: focus/memory. I’m a healthy adult) Tks a lot!

A:

Adrafinil SUCKS - Don’t take it

Read: Noopept Master Analysis - Four mistakes I made about the perplexing smart drug

Q:

So does dual-n back have a transference effect to working memory tasks like word list recall(such as the one from Brainhq) or reading span? If not it seems like time could be better spent doing other things. If dual n-back improved these measures it would make me want to do it. But I haven’t seen anyone say his/her before and after of both tests.

A:

Watch: Biohacking the Fronto-Parietal Cortex 🧠 Brain training app review of Dual N-Back Pro

Recommendation: Dual N-Back Pro

Q:

Just order the Nicotine from [nicotineuk.co.uk]I just under ? How should be the best way to “break” it ??since it’s 72mg concentration, what should be the brest factor to reduceit ?1 Nic - 2 PG1 Nic - 1,5 PGWhat you take on this

A:

Recommended Nicotine Sources

Skin in the Game biohacking consulting/coaching

As mentioned in the podcast, this is a very lean biohacking consulting/life coaching program. Here’s how this would work...

* The Biohacking Consultation is 1 hour and 45 minutes total - which is actually two consulting calls.

* First Call 1 hour - Discovery & Strategizing call, I need to ask you some questions, we’ll discuss your history, and outline a biohacking strategy and action plan to overcome your issues.

* Second Call 45 minutes - Follow-up call in 30 or 60 days to see how you’re doing with the plan we outlined; how you’ve improved, what you’re struggling with, etc.

There are a few important reasons we split the time up into two calls.

* It’s a significant motivation hack for you to follow through on the biohacking habits and plan we’ll outline because you’re accountable to me in 30 or 60 days.

* I’m incentivized to come up with an effective biohacking strategy for you because I have to talk to you after you’ve been following it for a month or two.

* It timeboxes us with a deadline in 30 or 60 days for you to make improvements and accomplish your goals.

Your Skin in the game here is that you’re paying good money for this, and you’re accountable to me on another call in 30 or 60 days. You’ll have to explain your lack of action if you fail to follow through.

PLEASE fill out this form

Take a few minutes to answer a few questions. If your issues are far outside my areas of expertise, I’ll decline the consultation. My time is finite and very valuable, so I only want to spend it consulting the people I can really help. Thanks in advance for your understanding!

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Gents, many of the women you meet will proudly proclaim on first dates or on their online dating profiles to be: “Spiritual but not religious.”

It’s a very modern, cosmopolitan, mainstream thing to think about oneself that I wouldn’t regard as a major red flag of a “blender” — a woman that you should avoid getting involved with. But I draw a distinction between genuinely religious women and “spiritual” women. Organized religion and church attendance imbue some concrete morality, humility, self-control, and fear of the metaphysical consequences of sin, whereas a lot of Eastern and new age spiritual dalliances are merely dressed-up navel-gazing.

The funny thing is that when you question these “spiritual but not religious” girls a little bit — asking how they are spiritual — they rarely can name any kind of spiritual activity that they dedicate time to…Do they meditate daily?Do they pray often? Or is it just when they get into some trouble?Do they seek the guidance of a higher power when making important life decisions?Do they read the bible or other spiritual books often?Do they attend any kind of church or engage in spiritual fellowship with others frequently?Does their spirituality compel them to practice a heightened degree of moral discipline or to contribute meaningfully to those less fortunate? Does their spirituality entail any kind of sacrifice at all?

The gut-brain connection is deeper, weirder, and far more literal than we ever imagined.

For years, we’ve been told that our ‘gut feeling’ is just a metaphor for intuition. But recent science suggests that your gut is actually a ‘second brain’—a complex neural network of 100 million neurons that can operate entirely on its own, independent of the one in your skull.We aren’t just talking about digestion; we’re talking about a bidirectional superhighway where bacteria in your colon produce up to 90% of your body’s serotonin and significantly influence your levels of GABA, the primary neurotransmitter for calm. Essentially, the ‘critters’ in your gut might be the master puppeteers of your mood, your sleep, and even your cognitive clarity.But as the market for ‘gut health’ explodes, the gap between marketing claims and clinical reality is widening. I interview Gabe Dough, the founder of Good Bru.

His product bridges that gap using a specific combination of prebiotics and a resilient probiotic strain known as BC30, which I’ve been using...

Mentioned here

Organic Agave Inulin - A prebiotic fiber validated by 19 human scientific papers

Bacillus coagulans GBI-30 (BC30) - a super-probiotic validated by +50 human clinical studies

Lactobacillus Reuteri (pitched by a 65-year-old sexpert) for boosting Oxytocin

DIY your own probiotic yogurt - Get a yogurt maker for culturing

Probiotics for PICOS: Effects of Synbiotic-Containing Bacillus coagulans (GBI-30) on the Cardiovascular Status of Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Triple-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study.

My research on fertility optimization: Decode Your Genome with Personal Genotyping for Precision Fertility Optimization

Self-quantification: personal genomics and gut microbiome testing

Probiotics for protein absorption: Probiotic Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086 Improves Protein Absorption and Utilization.

Probiotics for children: Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6068 decreases upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tract symptoms in healthy Mexican school-aged children by modulating immune-related proteins.

Probiotics for Psoriasis: Transforming Psoriasis Care: Probiotics and Prebiotics as Novel Therapeutic Approaches out of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (where I once spent a couple of weeks)

Probiotics for bone loss: Bacillus coagulans ameliorates inflammatory bone loss in post-menopausal osteoporosis via modulating the “Gut-Immune-Bone” axis

Probiotics for irritable bowel syndrome: Efficacy and safety of Bacillus coagulans LBSC in irritable bowel syndrome: A prospective, interventional, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study [CONSORT Compliant]

Weird gut science: Personality transplant via gut microbes, microbial hijacking of craving control, and the brain as “PR department” for the gut

Probiotic cofactors: HMB and NMN for boosting NAD+ (potentially)

“Getting your gut health right gives you the right to architect your personality and therefore your reality...”

Is how I concluded the interview with Gabe, and I like what Good Bru is about, so I’ve included them as a Limitless Mindset Secret Society recommended vendor.

Pick up over $300 worth of product from them (or mix and match with other Secret Society vendors) and get a helpful free Biohacking consultation with me.

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Have you ever pondered what it would be like to be inside a psychopath’s mind?

In documentaries about psychopaths, they explain how psychopaths have no empathy, yet most of them are highly intelligent, so they know that they have to fake being empathetic. They study social dynamics or copy master charmers to pretend that they know how to feel what someone else is feeling.

Have you ever felt like an impostor? That’s what psychopaths feel like all the time. In every social situation, they are constantly meta-analyzing everything to try to act like they are not a total alien. They are constantly asking: How would a normal person act in this situation?

The funny thing is…

That’s just how I feel when I’m on (some) smart drugs!

For example, the other evening I had to run to the grocery store. I was a bit weary from the long day, but still feeling the lingering effects of a half pill of Modafinil I had done earlier. I always try to go to the grocery store about 20 minutes before it closes — this is a lifehack because there are a lot fewer people there and the time limit forces me to do my shopping quickly (not browsing and making impulse purchases) — but this day I had to wait in line behind a little, old disabled woman, she took about five minutes to find her money and coupons.This didn’t bother me much because I was in my own little world doing a breathing exercise and listening to a fascinating history podcast.I made eye contact with the very bored checker as the slow customer is fumbling with her items, immediately my personal dialog goes: I don’t want the checker to think that I’m irritated with the old woman or not paying attention — occasionally they try to rip me off at this grocery store.So I smile at the checker and shrug cavalierly.

A few minutes later I walked out of the store; off to the side of the entrance is an employee who I think is the janitor, smoking a cigarette. My personal dialog again opines: This guy has zero social status to me but I see him regularly at this grocery store. I don’t want him to think I’m a total douchebag, I should acknowledge him in a friendly way.So I step on the pavement just a little harder so my footsteps ever so subtly catch his attention, I give him a friendly nod and a curt good night!

I act this way because The Art of Charm podcast taught me to be arbitrarily social with everyone, all the time, so I’m similarly social even when I’m not on smart drugs. But after well over a decade of working on my social skills, I’ve attained unconscious competence - I’m finally a natural.

But when I’m on potent smart drugs like Modafinil (or sometimes the Racetams), I feel like a psychopath.

In every social interaction, I’m visualizing an invisible chessboard of competing frames, motivations, desires, status, risk, and opportunity. Veteran Biohackers (or those close to them), like Neal Thakkar here, will admit that long-term Nootropics usage does change your personality. Amongst the anecdotal reports, a lot of people report that it makes them more cocky and egocentric.

If you’ve long been the nice guy (or gal) that people disregarded or took advantage of, smart drugs may inject a quantum of psychopathy into your personality that makes you a bit more functional in a cynical, unfair world. The poetic words of a Biohacker who did 24 grams of Piracetam capture this…

I’ve upped my dose to 24g per day since last night. The level of power is almost too much to bear…It is time to change the world. I will grip it with my own hands and squeeze it, tear it, turn it, pound it until it becomes my image. The eternities within the creation cycle will hear my voice. Death is coming soon but not just yet. I want more power until there is no end, and then I will turn it to use…It is almost time for me to become the tool of the silent voice and the hand of god. Being so close to the edge is frustrating. I must count the heartbeats. Timing, the timing is everything. A new game of chess, one that I will win no matter how the opponent moves. But for now I must wait. Patience…The shine behind my eyes continues to grow. I am becoming something else: a mirror of the active side of infinity. A very dangerous thing indeed.Last night I was smashing the skulls of cats. They didn’t put up much of a fight either. The night before I killed dozens of people and other creatures. For the first time they all lost to me. There was no fear, only the joy of reaping.

Creepy, right? From my article, What We’ve Learned About Piracetam.

And you don’t need to do 24 grams of any smart drug to feel like you are transforming into an evil genius. Actually, you should aim to, over time, decrease your intake and dosage of smart drugs.

Over time, smart drugs will change your personality.

* They’ll make you more motivated and focused.

* You’ll be more disciplined.

* More aggressive and assertive.

* A bit more cocky and egocentric.

* Don’t be surprised if they make you a more pragmatic, cynical, and judgmental person.

Imagine an Ayn Rand character who remembers all 48 of The 48 Laws of Power - ask yourself if you would like to become like that person?

In fact, I don’t recommend hardcore smart drugs to people navigating the morally grey seas of modern life by dead reckoning alone without a clarifying moral compass or ethical rudder, which could be…Close friends or familyGuiding counselStudy of moral philosophyReligious faithMentors or accountability partners

The protocol for transforming into a more Machiavellian you…

It’s going to cost about $120 to implement, but I can just about guarantee that it will result in a moment where you feel eerily like the Count of Monte Cristo when his old enemies realize they’ve been ultimately defeated. If you don’t get that metaphor, you need to watch that movie again!

For more smart-drug-inspired writing on the dark sides of biohacking and self-experimentation…

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In a world where enhancements gleam,Lived a biohacker named Jonathan, oh so keen.With his trusty wife, a vision so grand,They answered philosophical questions across the land.“Is beauty just skin deep, or something more?”Jonathan’s voice boomed through the mic with a roar.“What supplements can sharpen our minds, so we think on a dime?”The crowd buzzed with anticipation, minds aflame.Jonathan, with a flourish, pointed to a jar,“These nootropics, my friends, will open your mental bar.”

Disclaimer

What you find on this website is NOT medical advice. I’m not a doctor. I’m just an experienced unlicensed self-experimenter practicing free speech in talking about my own extensive experiences and my interpretations of published science. Please see my guide on How to Biohack Smart and Safe. You should consult a doctor about any biohacking you’re doing and ideally also get a second opinion.

#21 Questions

Q:

The industry and media tells us that our only worth is our visual appearance :(- I’m lucky I got that very young and been fighting against it since forever but I feel sry for the girls who don’t get it.. And the boys who fall in love with those girls

A:

Watch: Women’s Social Media Obsession = Men’s Porn Addiction

Read:Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful andLifehacking Your Looks from my book, How To Be Cross Eyed: Thriving Despite Your Physical Imperfection— a mémoire and lifehacking manifesto

This BPC-157 I have not yet used. I’m going to keep it around as a “bio prepping” measure in the event that I get injured in the gym or wherever - it enables rapid healing of injuries.

Overview of the science

Check out the deep-dive article and podcast I did investigating it, BPC-157: The “Wolverine Drug” for Accelerated Full Body Healing - here I’ll summarize the science done in the last year...

A study done at the University of Zagreb looked again at its gut-healing effects in regard to peritoneal defects (internal hernia). It concludes...

The recovery effect of the BPC 157 regimens goes with the presence of abundant vascular vessels in and near the defect, which occurs rapidly. Lastly, also applied as post-treatment, BPC 157 creates attenuated adhesions, minimal or no adhesion... BPC 157 therapy can be suited for the realization of the peritoneal defect healing with minimal or no adhesion formation.

Another animal study from the same Croatian team suggests that it may provide a novel therapeutic solution for stroke.

A recent Taiwanese study looked at how it might affect vasomotor tone, which means the nervous system stimulation of our smooth muscle cells, which aids in optimizing the contraction of muscle fibers. It’s also a nitric oxide hack. The study concludes...

Together, the present study demonstrates that BPC 157 can modulate the vasomotor tone of an isolated aorta in a concentration- and nitric oxide-dependent manner. BPC 157 can induce nitric oxide generation likely...

And a Chinese study out of Fourth Military Medical University speaks to its safety and tolerability:

In summary, BPC157 was well tolerated and did not cause any serious toxicity in mice, rats, rabbits and dogs... Based on the stability and protective effect of BPC157, which has been widely reported, BPC157 may have a better application prospect than the widely used cytokine drugs in wound therapy.

BPC-157 is often stacked with TB-500, another injectable peptide with healing properties.

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With New Year’s revelry just a few days away, I thought I’d re-share my review of this very entertaining and informative adventurer’s manifesto by Jon Levi, a behavioral scientist who likes to party.

This book follows the storytelling-rich principle, anecdote, and scientific reference format that makes non-fiction a pleasure to read.

The author has a formula for epic experiences, but first…

I’ll tell you about a very silly place - Bocas Del Toro, Panama

This is an island in the Caribbean just off the coast of Panama. It’s a sunny resort town where travelers revel, drink till 9 AM, and generally get sunburnt. The unofficial slogan of Bocas is if it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown, flush it down — You can find this message conspicuously in every bathroom on the island, and you can figure out what it means. I spent a couple of hazy weeks there once upon a time, and silliness ensued.

I stayed at this hostel/nightclub called Agua, which was basically a playpen for adults. It was built over the warm blue water on giant stilts. It featured a giant deck for sunbathing with a swimming pool (the Caribbean) that you could launch yourself into from a trampoline or some swings perched on the edge. Inside was a bar and dancefloor. Perhaps the most ridiculous thing about the place was that every morning after the nightly dance party, the floor would begin to come apart because of the drunks jumping on it. The hostel manager would hire a local crew of guys to come in, they would tear up the dancefloor and reassemble it so that hopefully no one would fall through — and they would do this practically every day!

One night at the hostel/nightclub, they were doing a talent show. A bunch of really awful local reggae artists were performing, and I decided to switch things up by volunteering to try to do some stand-up comedy.

Among the flip-flopped, tank top-wearing gringos and locals, there was one very elegant woman wearing a white dress that accentuated her amazing suntan. Of course, I approached her, made a little conversation, and got a pretty blasé response.

I had about 20 minutes to prepare some material for my stand-up routine, so I wrote down some jokes on my smartphone that I thought were good and returned to my bunk in the hostel dormitory to get something. On my bunk bed, I saw something very unexpected: underwear! Not mine, it was rather small underwear actually. Perhaps someone was trying to tell me something… I grabbed the underwear and decided to incorporate it into my stand-up performance. This was sure to be awesome!

My stand-up routine flopped; the crowd was, I think, expecting more screeching musical performances, and here was this gringo trying to tell jokes. I did indeed show off the underwear to the whole crowd and made some jokes about drunken hostel hookup culture that didn’t really land. I was played off stage after a few minutes by the DJ. Also, it turned out that it wasn’t underwear, it was a Speedo! I had only been out of the USA for a few months at the time and couldn’t tell the difference between panties and European swimwear. The speedo belonged to the Israeli guy sleeping above me in the hostel, and he was oddly angry with me for using his item in my stand-up routine.

But as soon as I exited stage left, guess who was very interested in talking to me? The woman in the white dress was suddenly entranced by everything I had to say. Not much more happened between the woman and me in the white dress, but it illustrates the value of taking social risks.

Social risk is a double-edged sword

It can make you a beloved celebrity at a party or make everyone hate you. This book delves deeply into the nuances of how to yield social risk wisely and maximize the ensuing adventure and romance…

When asked to describe the most wondrous, exciting, and remarkable experiences in their lives, people consistently say they occur by chance, that these experiences are moments of sheer serendipity — a by-product of the universe perfectly aligning to culminate in an extraordinary situation. But if this were true, if it were truly random, we would all live similarly exciting lives, and we don’t. This means that there must be some method at work, some best practices that I could learn.

You’re probably going to party from time to time, so why not lifehack partying so that you are getting the maximum bang of great memories from the buck you spend after the sun has set. But the book is not just about drunken debauchery and booze-fueled idiocy — I was a digital nomad for 6 years, and I observed that most travelers suck at actually having great experiences abroad; they consistently choose the lesser pleasures over the greater pleasures.

Epicness is hard to plan; what you want to devote logistical planning to is gathering a team of interesting people to party with.

the best nights almost always involved some kind of preparation. They often involved selecting the right group of people to participate and a new location to explore. There were trends in the types of activities that worked to bring people together, but there also seemed to be a clear line separating a fun night from an extraordinary night that consistently showed up around 2 AM.

Boring people can make the most amazing party or venue suck, while awesome people can make the most podunk little party, in a dreary little town, memorable.

I would always rather be with the right people at the wrong party than with the wrong people at the right party.

Mission-driven partying = Epicness

When you look at almost every great adventure ranging from literature and movies to news reports or even your friends’ stories, you will notice a clear and common thread: it had nothing to do with wealth, good looks, or resources; it had to do with a goal. Every great adventure has an underlying mission, and it isn’t just any mission; it’s one that is outside the person’s comfort zone.

Going out to aimlessly drink and peruse is not likely to result in anything extraordinary; you want to come up with some arbitrary mission, like…

* Parachute into a town where you don’t have a hotel room reserved or a designated place to sleep.

* Find someone who will give you a place to sleep.

* Get someone to give you their underwear.

* Take a photo with something childish.

* Steal something insignificant from a bar (make sure to return it, though!)

* Meet someone from South America.

* Kiss a police officer.

Constrain thyself

Having too many options will in fact make us less happy. Constraints are thereby critical for reducing the overwhelming effects of the paradox of choice. Not only will they increase satisfaction, they will also catalyze creativity and excitement within the context of an adventure.

Arbitrary constraints will make your adventures a lot more interesting, like…

* Go out with no money and convince people to buy you drinks.

* Use a fake identity - play a character.

* Don’t talk; only communicate non-verbally with people.

* Use a silly pickup line with every person you talk to.

In my article on flowstate, I talk about the importance of challenge to reaching an altered state — three characteristics define a good challenge:

CLARITY: There can be no confusion over the desired outcome. A person either succeeded or failed, but nothing in between. You either got the person’s phone number or you didn’t, you scored more points, ate more hot dogs, ran more miles, or hit a ball farther.

TIME LIMIT: The challenge must be completed by a specific time.

THRESHOLD OF SKILL: A challenge needs to feel like it is at the limit of your ability. If it is too grandiose, it will seem impossible, and too easy will be boring. This sounds similar to the rules of a mission except a mission guides your whole adventure; a challenge guides a few minutes of an activity at a specific place.

Push boundaries

Epicness results from benign violations of the rules of polite society. Figure out how…