It would make Hunter S. Thompson proud. Thousands of power brokers troll the hotel ballrooms of SF to find scientific genius in a booze-fueled, finger food filled courtship ritual.  It began Sunday night at the aptly named kick-off event BioCentury/E&Y Circus Reception (including the performance pictured above). M&A, VC, PE, and other acronyms for mega-money from all over the world descended on the alter-ego of The JP Morgan Healthcare Conference: the ancillary reception side shows. While the actual conference is held at the…