In this internet age of YouTube videos reclassifying common sense as wonderful hacks, I was amazed to find an entire branch of scientific research devoted to ‘hacking your brain.’ The premise is simple; find out how to make yourself sit still and master a new skill, and relabel it as a revolutionary breakthrough. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for unlocking hidden potential within our brains, but I’d be damned if we should spend British tax payers’ money to fund studies into