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The Claim

Scientists at the University of Alaska discovered that drinking three cups of coffee per day allows humans to communicate telepathically with penguins.

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The Short Version

No evidence supports this alleged University of Alaska discovery. Official university sources, PubMed, Nature, Science, and other credible records show no study finding that three cups of coffee enable telepathic communication with penguins. The claim combines ordinary caffeine research with a paranormal assertion that has no accepted scientific basis.

Caveats

  • No credible primary or peer-reviewed source documents this discovery or any similar finding.
  • The claim relies on a non sequitur: known caffeine effects on alertness or cognition do not imply telepathy.
  • Telepathy is not an established scientific phenomenon, so the claim lacks both evidentiary support and a plausible scientific basis.

The Receipts

  1. Alaska researchers will apply hibernation insights to human health

    University of Alaska Fairbanks

  2. Research at UAS

    University of Alaska Southeast

  3. University of Alaska News

    University of Alaska System

  4. Search results for "telepathy"

    Nature

  5. University of Alaska system – main site

    University of Alaska

  6. PubMed Search Results for coffee, telepathy, penguin

    PubMed

  7. Science.org search results for telepathy

    Science (AAAS)

  8. On Communicating with Cats

    Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks

  9. A Cure in the Popping Cavies - Geophysical Institute

    Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks

  10. Caffeine

    Geophysical Institute

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