I disagree with two statements. One is that a finite mind can not perceive everything that is happening everywhere in the universe, and the second that one cannot have informed consent with regards to psychedelic drugs.
At a certain level, the universe must be governed by a certain set of laws. They may not be mathematical, but they must be logical and self consistent, for the world to exist. Thus, once man understands the laws, it may be possible to simplify these laws, and derive a method of finding the state of the world at any time. One may not be able to exactly "perceiving everything that is happening everywhere in the universe", but it'll be very very close. Let me draw an analogy to sight. We don't exactly see everything at the same time. There are parts of our vision that are blurred and parts that are focused all the time. But, to us, vision is adequately sharp, because we are able to adjust the limited scope of focus, to the parts that best interest us. If you hold a finger close to your eye, and focus on it, you'll realize that the background becomes very blurred. You really don't care, because you're interested in the finger.
second point:
The idea of informed consent is "the legal and ethical right of a patient to direct what happens to her body." An altered state of body does not prevent people from being able to make informed consent.
Interesting reading of the day, The Apocryphon of John. Google for it.
posted by Downhere. @ 10:02 am
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