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The Trouble with Supernormal Stimuli.

By Stephen Page · May 22, 2026

The Trouble with Supernormal Stimuli.
A Field Note on supernormal stimuli: when an artificial cue becomes more compelling than the real thing, even evolution can be fooled by bad design and shiny brown glass.
Stephen Page

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Stephen Page

Writer on DMT, ayahuasca, iboga and tryptamine research. LLB; incoming MSc in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture, University of Exeter (2026)

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Evidence-led psychedelic research, translated. Field Notes, long-form essays on pharmacology, policy, and the cultures that grew these compounds — by Stephen Page.