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WarmWashtoday at 4:36 PM1 replyview on HN

They are both serotonin analogues, but they definitely yield different experiences.

In chemistry it often only takes a single atom difference to totally and radically change a molecule's properties.


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pstuarttoday at 8:02 PM

It would be fascinating to have research into what is effectively manifesting the experience.

My (extremely limited) understanding is that humans are "hardwired" for pattern recognition (especially faces) -- could there be some sort of ROM equivalent of "this pattern is another human" that gets engaged by the chemical experience?

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