RNA Memory Hypothesis
I don&#x27;t think there&#x27;s any real doubt that memory is stored in neurons, this is really a fringe theory. I haven&#x27;t looked at it closely, but my first objection would be that RNA would be far too slow for this purpose. It&#x27;s also not stable over time, cells have mechanisms to intentionally degrade it. It just doesn&#x27;t make sense.<p>There are other weird parts in the blog post, for example claiming that a particular protein kinase is involved in mRNA transcription. That is by definition wrong as a kinase is an enzyme that transfers a phosphate, so a protein kinase transfers phosphates to proteins. And the RNA in this hypothetical memory storage would not be mRNA, as that by definition encodes for proteins.<p>The person cited in the post is also a crackpot, I&#x27;ve quite a lot of experience with his exploits on the Stack Exchange network. And I haven&#x27;t found a conspiracy theory yet that he didn&#x27;t like. This is not hyperbole, I learned of a whole bunch of conspiracy theories I didn&#x27;t know existed through his posts.