I find it an interesting topic, but I'd like to see some good peer-reviewed studies on the effectiveness of some of these things, as well as the long term side effects.
It seems to me that many people just pop a variety of pills of varying dosages and experiment on themselves in a haphazard way.
While you'd think personal experience - ie 'what works for me' would be a good guide - I'm not so sure.  I know from my own experiments with diet that it's very hard to draw valid conclusions as there are so many variables.

The only things I take that are remotely nootropical are caffeine (tea,coffee,chocolate) and nicotine.  I don't smoke - I just occasionally take a nicotine tablet (supposedly to help quitters -lol) as a mild mental pep up and general stress reliever.

You assume goons don't have BTC's? LOL that's where you're wrong...

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Who doesn't like Alanis Morissette?

This guy sure knows how to beat a dead horse.

The mere fact you think lower = better with no end shows your ignorance.

BTW the 90 second block thing was a troll done by artforz to guarantee more blocks on his FPGA miners. By copying SolidCoin and just changing that  he has now ensured i0coin won't go beyond a pump-n-dump. But you probably knew that already with your big brain there...

Win! 

I would like to add that I'm very certain that just like in the poker world, there are traders that think they are making money but actually aren't, in the long run. There are serious poker players around who manage to break even in the long term or even lose. It's not only amateurs that lose, small time pro's can think they are better than they actually are.

I certainly don't have any data on beating the Bitcoin-market, I'm just trying out occasional trading with small volumes and even my own results are so short-term yet that it's pointless to even speculate if I'm doing well or not. But there are serious players out there and most of them aren't there for long if they don't think they can beat it.

I think it's ridiculous and ignorant as hell to think there aren't traders who beat markets in the long run, in fact it's fairly certain that there are successful traders in pretty much every market possible. I only understand a little something about trading but this is already very clear. Thinking otherwise is just as stupid as thinking that poker is a game of luck and you can't beat it.

I too believe thats the problem. All the attacks started when Bruce said publicy that he was gay.

Do you even know what "cognitive dissonance" means? Can you point out one example here that isn't fact or where I contradict myself?

Hear, hear. I'm not a Bitcoin show fan- it's boring to me. I'm not a Bruce fan, although I am very comfortable and entertained talking to him the other night on the phone while he was in Japan-- no warning signs of any kind. What he does in private (or even in the past) should stay there I think unless it's something that is detrimental to the world.

What if someone on this forum owed money on child support and also wanted to start their own exchange in India? Does that mean they shouldn't be listened to, no one should visit their exchange, etc? It's really vaguely starting to make sense when I remember all the arguments as to why libertarianism "wouldn't work in the 'real world'*"-- people are asshats and ruin it for themselves and everyone else.

*(I have no personal opinion about libertarianism at this point and time. Still learning.)

TED talks are often about obvious common sense ideas, but most folks are not freethinkers. They don't understand simple ideas because they are brainwashed by society. Humans are animals. Animals don't need money and they live just fine. The concept of money is religious. Money exists only to people who believe in it. This is not a discussion about economics, just a fact that we are animals. Don't blame TEDsters for not accepting bitcoin. Bitcoin is a grassroots movement. Most people respond to authoritative religious movements because they are not freethinkers. It's like trying to argue that catholics are better than protestants. Bitcoin is just another money system to try and will eventually fail, but may work well for awhile. Time will tell.

Which is what I'm trying to say, but I'm only a mod, not admin.

I think it's clear that Bruce isn't going to be involved in the next big bitcoin conference, and allowing this to drag on is damaging to the bitcoin community. And he can be ignored if he does make any claims.

I just think this kind of activity is wrong and shouldn't be continued, and those pushing it (the_duke, makomk, wolftaur) should be temporarily banned or blocked from posting.