I find this not believable.
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The only people propagating are fringe crank websites. If you go actually look at the paper on researchgate, it doesn't make any of these batshit claims. You got played, because your brain doesn't have a garbage filter.
I didn’t spend the time to fully vet it because I don’t care enough.
Congratulations for being smarter than me. I can tell that is what is important for you to establish. Next time, to really demolish me, refute the actual content or provide counter-evidence instead of adding weak adjectives like fringe, crank, and batshit.
I hope your day is as pleasant as you are 👍🏼.
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/20/5231
This seems to be the original paper, dated 2022. I don't see anything like this in there. But this would be so cool if it were true. Was definitely a fun lil brain getaway while I first heard it.