scientific observation of pleasure and pain. experiments not cited.

Timothy Leary believed that as your awareness and consciousness grow, your intelligence must also grow. Otherwise you become a burn out. For that reason he worshiped Intelligence.

[my continuation] Likewise, our capacity to handle stimulation dictates how much pain we can withstand, and also how much pleasure we can experience. Self-discipline and delay of gratification must be honed if we are ever to leave what RAW called the "transcendental masturbation" phase of tripping (the definition of which can be extended to plain old existence). You can have a wet dream, but sex while Awake is still better.