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The movie, Limitless (2011)
#19065247 - 10/31/13 06:48 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Anybody see this? It's about a drug that majorly enhances brain function. Overall I did not like the movie, but I still think the concept is pretty cool and some of the sequences were done quite nicely. It should also be noted that we are starting to develop these types of drugs: nootropics, also known as smart drugs.* Nothing as grandiose as what's in the movie, though.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: s240779]
#19065268 - 10/31/13 06:51 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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cept this theory about brain function is completely untrue
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: zee007]
#19065283 - 10/31/13 06:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yea good movie, this drug is already made its called DMT
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: zee007]
#19065295 - 10/31/13 06:57 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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zee007 said: cept this theory about brain function is completely untrue
QFT using only 20% of our brain is a rediculous claim/
Also IMO nootropics don't hold a candle to such a drug. Amphetamines or modafinil are the closest thing we have now
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: zee007]
#19065296 - 10/31/13 06:57 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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zee007 said: cept this theory about brain function is completely untrue
You know what, that was just said once in the movie and the guy who said it was kind of a seedy individual. It was just his way of describing it as an amazing smart drug, I don't think it was meant to be taken literally (as literal as a movie can be, of course).
I deleted it from the original post.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: s240779]
#19065303 - 10/31/13 06:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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it's called speed without the downsides. i bet there's a secret drug like that which only big ceo's and shit have access to.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: s240779]
#19065306 - 10/31/13 06:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ive never seen that movie b4 but i should some day
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: Sheekle]
#19065311 - 10/31/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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It;s mediocre.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: zZZz]
#19065316 - 10/31/13 07:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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zZZz said: it's called speed without the downsides. i bet there's a secret drug like that which only big ceo's and shit have access to.
No, in the movie he gets into stock trading and is enahnced to the point taht he can figure out algorithms and thus become a millionaire in days, utilizing money borrowed from a loan shark. Going by the movie, speed is only one dimension of that.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: Sheekle]
#19065318 - 10/31/13 07:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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you should NOW
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: zZZz]
#19065319 - 10/31/13 07:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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zZZz said: it's called speed without the downsides. i bet there's a secret drug like that which only big ceo's and shit have access to.
modafinil, it's like 600 a month for a script, and insurances wouldn't ever cover it. It's slowly becoming more available to to the public
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: s240779]
#19065339 - 10/31/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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By the way, I think that the closest drugs to the Limitless pill -- of the popular drugs -- would be a combination of hydro- or oxycodone and a very low dose of one of the classic psychedelics.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: s240779]
#19065352 - 10/31/13 07:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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with a little bit of alchemy it's possible. but shit will come with a price obviously, your soul
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: s240779]
#19065360 - 10/31/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Da2ra said: By the way, I think that the closest drugs to the Limitless pill -- of the popular drugs -- would be a combination of hydro- or oxycodone and a very low dose of one of the classic psychedelics.
I always thought the german D-IX pill that was given to soldiers was the closest, a combo of oxycodone, meth, and cocaine
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: zZZz]
#19065367 - 10/31/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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zZZz said: with a little bit of alchemy it's possible. but shit will come with a price obviously, your soul 
I didn't mean combining both those types of drugs into one drug. I simply meant taking them together.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: volcomstoner]
#19065378 - 10/31/13 07:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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maybe like da2ra said a combination of amphetamines and a special kind of magic herb.. i think i may have an idea of which one, but who knows..
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: zZZz]
#19065395 - 10/31/13 07:11 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Funny you mention herbs because I found out about this movie from a lecture about herbs. The guy is lecturing about an herbal elixr he created and he compares it to the Limitless pill: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18530128 This elixr is about 400 dollars, by the way.
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: s240779]
#19065403 - 10/31/13 07:13 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Da2ra said: Funny you mention herbs because I found about this movie from a lecture about herbs. The guy is lecturing about an herbal elixr he created and he compares it to the Limitless pill: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18530128 This elixr is about 400 dollars, by the way.
He's obviously full of shit trying to use a lame marketing ploy to sell his overpriced garbage
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: Sheekle]
#19065414 - 10/31/13 07:15 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good movie, I highly reccomend everyone watch it!
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Re: The movie, Limitless (2011) [Re: volcomstoner]
#19065423 - 10/31/13 07:17 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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zee007 said: cept this theory about brain function is completely untrue
QFT using only 20% of our brain is a rediculous claim/
Also IMO nootropics don't hold a candle to such a drug. Amphetamines or modafinil are the closest thing we have now
i think it was a metaphor lost in translation. i wouldn't hesitate to make the argument that many people develop only 20% of their potential as I personally believe nearly everyone is born a genius but few cultivate it as they age
but then i'm a quack
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