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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 scientific ethical issues and is more than competent on the subject.

Also, L-Theanine is something that you can purchase at the grocery store as a food supplement and it has an excellent safety record and no known toxic dosage.

If it makes you feel better, we are a supplement distributor that happens to help you record whether or not the supplements actually work.

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 supplement companies safely distributing the same L-Theanine.

While we work through our protocol we will continue to dive into ethics and safety.

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 on the scientific method, especially in regards to self experimentation is important. We want to work to create best practices and protocols in the self-experimentation/quantified self world. We are planning on putting together some content (videos and such) on the topic and incorporating that educational aspect in our platform.

As far as the supplements go, I agree with that as well. We're planning on adding more once the L-Theanine trial is sorted out. This is just our practice round to get the protocol right. What other supplements would you be curious to see?