Mycolorado said:

Personal experience would likely cloud the objectivity of the study.

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Khepri said:

People have been trying to understand topics like this for thousands of years, which I would classify as occultic knowledge. The more we  try to understand it the farther we grow from it. Perhaps the Kogi Mama's were right? Will we eventually understand so much that we loose connection to the mystic? As a professional Mycologist with a degree in Chemistry sometimes I draw the line and just go with instinct, as somethings just cannot be understood.

However I do see the influence psychedelic and entheogenic substances have on people throughout many cultures, and see how one could want to collect data as a tool or reference to market to people on a deep level. After all most people I know who use these substances are living a life in which they are trying to break free from commercialism which could be dangerous for the greedy capitalist corporations who want nothing  more than to have you hooked as a lifetime consumer.

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