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Twenty-four hundred years ago, on a small island in the Aegean Sea, a physician articulated a commitment so clear that it survived intact for two millennia: *I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm.*
By Brilliant Brain | 10 min read | General
Mineral depletion as policy is easy to discern upon review. Mankind lived to tell the tale and can come back stronger than ever -cognitively and otherwise!
By Brilliant Brain | 20 min read | Brain Science / Institutional Analysis / Public Health
For millennia, organ meat has been prized for nutrition. It is time to remember that ancestral wisdom in the quest for cognitive potency.
By Brilliant Brain | 12 min read | Brain Science / Nutrition / Ancestral Health
Would it surprise you to find out that Zinc levels have declined while at the same time the recommended levels for Zinc also declined?
By Brilliant Brain | 16 min read | Brain Science / Public Health / Institutional Accountability
The original post in this series — on morning erections as a diagnostic signal — generated more engagement, more pushback, and more quietly grateful messages than anything else on this site. It struck a nerve. Men knew something was wrong. They just didn't have the framework to understand what.
By Brilliant Brain | 12 min read | Brain Science / Men's Health / Minerals
By Brilliant Brain | 12 min read | Brain Science / Neurotransmitters / Consciousness
— Isaiah 43:18-19
By Brilliant Brain | 11 min read | Brain Science / Recovery / Neuroprotection
Sam Altman once said that taking Armodafinil gives you 20 productive hours in a day. The quote has been circulating in founder circles, biohacker forums, and tech Twitter for months. It's becoming the drug of choice for the productivity-obsessed — a cleaner alternative to Adderall, they say. No jitters. No crash. Just 15 hours of sustained, clear-headed focus from a single morning dose.
By Brilliant Brain | 14 min read | Brain Science / Focus / Nootropics
A post showed up on a health forum recently that caught our attention. Someone who had struggled with broken sleep for years — waking up after three or four hours, staying up for two or three, then crashing again — started supplementing with glycine. The result: six to seven hours of uninterrupted sleep for the first time in memory.
By Brilliant Brain | 10 min read | Brain Science / Sleep / Minerals
By Brilliant Brain | 14 min read | Brain Science / Mitochondria / Ancient Wisdom
If you are going to make a smoothie, you may as well make one that give you an edge in doing amazing things.
By Brilliant Brain | 24 min read | Brain Science / Nutrition / Practical Alchemy
What can one derive from the alchemical traditions in the modern age where cognition is a super-power to be amplified?
By Brilliant Brain | 18 min read | Brain Science / Ancient Wisdom
There is a supplement that has been studied in over 500 clinical trials. It is recognized as safe and effective by every major sports science body in the world. It costs less than fifteen cents per dose. And for thirty years, it has been almost exclusively associated with one thing: building muscle.
By Brilliant Brain | 11 min read | Brain Science / Cognitive Performance
There is a mineral that reduces inflammation, increases free testosterone, improves EEG brain wave activity, enhances vitamin D metabolism, strengthens bones, and binds to one of the most controversial neurotoxins in your drinking water — helping your body excrete it.
By Brilliant Brain | 11 min read | Brain Science / Trace Minerals
There is a molecule in your brain that you cannot see, cannot store, and cannot live without.
By Brilliant Brain | 10 min read | Brain Science / Vascular Health
There's a quiet crisis happening inside the skulls of knowledge workers.
By Brilliant Brain | 15 min read | Brain Science / Nutrition
Let's start with the part that men might not talk about at the doctor's office.
By Brilliant Brain | 12 min read | Brain Science / Men's Health
Thomas Edison held over 1,000 patents. He invented — or co-invented — the phonograph, the motion picture camera, the practical incandescent light bulb, and the alkaline battery. He was, by any measure, one of the most prolific creative minds in recorded history.
By Brilliant Brain | 11 min read | Intelligence & Insight
Elon Musk keeps saying it. In interviews, on X, in the way he frames what Grok is trying to become: the ability to predict the future is the highest mark of intelligence. He's not wrong. But he's not complete.
By Brilliant Brain | 9 min read | Intelligence & Insight
Of all the senses, smell is the one neuroscience forgot. Or rather, the one everybody else forgot — neuroscience has known for decades that the olfactory system is wired differently from every other sense, and that this difference matters enormously for memory, cognition, and brain health.
By Brilliant Brain | 9 min read | Brain Science
Something is happening at 40 cycles per second.
By Brilliant Brain | 12 min read | Brain Science
People are asking about Brain Fog -- what is it and what to do about it. In this post, we'll summarize what works in the hope that it empowers some to move on from their foggy phase and become brilliant -- living up to their true cognitive potential at a time that it matters most!
By Brilliant Brain | 8 min read | Brain Health
There is a moment in every romantic encounter — whether it happens at a coffee shop, a conference, a cousin's wedding, or a dating app at 11:47 PM — where a decision gets made. Not consciously. Not rationally. Somewhere between the second glance and the first real sentence, your brain runs a calculation older than civilization itself: *Is this person worth my time?*
By Brilliant Brain | 7 min read | Brilliant Meet
The most brilliant minds in history were not born brilliant. They were cultivated. Here's what their stories reveal about raising extraordinary children.
The most brilliant minds in history were not born brilliant. They were cultivated. Here's what their stories reveal about raising extraordinary children.
By Brilliant Brain | 7 min read | Raising Brilliant Kids
Bi Sheng invented movable type printing 400 years before Gutenberg. He was a commoner. Almost nothing is known about his life. That tells us everything.
Bi Sheng invented movable type printing 400 years before Gutenberg. He was a commoner. Almost nothing is known about his life. That tells us everything.
By Brilliant Brain | 4 min read | Brilliant Minds
Gottfried Leibniz co-invented calculus, created binary arithmetic, and pioneered formal logic. He died alone. His secretary was the only mourner.
Gottfried Leibniz co-invented calculus, created binary arithmetic, and pioneered formal logic. He died alone. His secretary was the only mourner.
By Brilliant Brain | 5 min read | Brilliant Minds
Your children can name 10 rappers. Can they name 10 scientists? Here are the ten they should meet first — and why their stories are more thrilling than any album.
Your children can name 10 rappers. Can they name 10 scientists? Here are the ten they should meet first — and why their stories are more thrilling than any album.
By Brilliant Brain | 7 min read | Raising Brilliant Kids
Most rankings of brilliant people measure raw IQ or impact. We multiply Brilliance by Stewardship. Here's why — and why it changes everything.
Most rankings of brilliant people measure raw IQ or impact. We multiply Brilliance by Stewardship. Here's why — and why it changes everything.
By Brilliant Brain | 6 min read | The Compendium
AI automates execution. But the source of what's worth executing remains irreducibly human. The prepared mind is the ultimate competitive advantage.
AI automates execution. But the source of what's worth executing remains irreducibly human. The prepared mind is the ultimate competitive advantage.
By Brilliant Brain | 12 min read | The Convergence
The heroes your children choose shape who they become. Here's how to surround them with stories of brilliance, sacrifice, and stewardship — not just fame.
The heroes your children choose shape who they become. Here's how to surround them with stories of brilliance, sacrifice, and stewardship — not just fame.
By Brilliant Brain | 8 min read | Raising Brilliant Kids