&gt; <i>when you ingest N,N-Dimethyltryptamine certain strange contact-like phenomena tend to occur</i><p>That&#x27;s not in question.<p>&gt; <i>occur within the biological-psychological interface known as Consciousness</i><p>This sentence includes a little submarine-like assumption, namely that our brains are merely the interface to a larger paranormal consciousness, as opposed to being the hardware that actually generates &quot;consciousness&quot;. At this point, there is no scientific reason to believe this assumption which you smuggled in there has any factual validity.<p>&gt; <i>These contact experiences were so shocking that the lead investigator, Rick Strassman, discontinued his study.</i><p>Scientific efforts don&#x27;t get discontinued because they are &quot;shocking&quot;. While an individual researcher might move on, for <i>whatever reason</i>, it&#x27;s not correct to imply that certain outcomes are so disconcerting the scientific community would shy away from them. Otherwise, large swaths of physics and biology would have been abandoned a long time ago.<p>&gt; <i>My position is: the phenomena [...] is deeply strange, and [...] it might be time to approach the subject of consciousness from a different angle.</i><p>Yes, I think that position was understood from your first comment.