> The author opens by suggesting that Russians have discovered and use a different set of chemical elements than the ones we use in the United States I did not

> The author opens by suggesting that Russians have discovered and use a different set of chemical elements than the ones we use in the United States I did not read the author suggesting this. Your example was part of a hypothetical analogy. From the article: > Imagine if a chemist told you offhandedly that the Russians had different chemical elements than we did. I can interrupt this as the author setting up a hypothetical scenario to help illustrate the absurd state of psychopharmacology.