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I am currently on the trip in Jeju. Hacker Paradise is great. Highly recommend.

Exciting! Curious what the future of nootropics will be.

This is the idea - we'll have to address the safety and ethical concerns of each substance individually.

Thanks for the thoughts. We've spoken with a lawyer who specializes in FDA issues. We will have informed consent waivers for participants. Rob does have formal training in scientif…

Could you elaborate?

We make no medical claims about our product either - we only reference existing science.

We're going to keep adding more trials - but there's no timeframe for when you have to start and end the trial. You can order it and start it whenever you receive it in the mail.

Not yet :( Like Steer said, you can still order Theanine independently of our company but I can let you know when we are ready for international orders if you send me your email!

Interesting. I've never heard of someone reacting to L-Theanine this way. Perhaps it could be an allergy?

Indeed it's difficult to tell - exactly the reason why a double-blinded trial on yourself can help you determine if it's making a significant difference or not :)

We chose L-Theanine because it has an excellent safety record, is well studied, and has no known toxic dose. We are very aware of safety and ethics. There are many nootropics and s…

You bring up a good point! We will be adding some outlines about ethics soon. Thanks for reminding us of the importance!

Hey, thanks for the feedback. I totally agree about educating people on good practices. This is a big part of what I want to do over the next few years - I think educating people o…

This won't be an issue because we are supplying the supplements which are going to come from an established and reputable supplier. This is not a platform where anyone can sell the…

We picked L-Theanine because of its safety profile and mild psychactive properties, meaning you can tell if you've taking it or not but it's not an overbearing feeling. We wanted t…

Yeah, that would be nice. There is such thing as a Certificate of Analysis which we are going to try to get from our supplier. http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-kingdom/technical-…

Are you mainly referring to it being a CYP3A4 inhibitor?

Just read through that. I agree with the points about self-reporting being unreliable. Even with the bias of self reporting, differences between real and placebo will still be mean…

This is definitely one potential path we are considering. There's a question of whether we want to keep this specific to supplements/pills or try to broaden it to other things like…

There are some in existence already: - quantifiedmind.com for self-testing your mind, which has a few group experiments as well. I'm looking into integrating with them as part of d…

That's a valid concern, and I agree that it's alarming. We will disclose where we are obtaining the L-Theanine from and provide a Certificate of Analysis. Also, since this is a dou…

Good call. consumerlab.com is good too.