TOM said

"One of the big differences between scientists and laypeople is that scientists tend to trust calculation and distrust intuition, while for laypeople it's the other way around."

I am a scientist. I looked at their "calculations" and I don't trust them. Their proposed explanation had nothing at all to do Arreneus rate theory or non-equilibrium stat-mech or BZ reactions. They simply laid down what they knew about the above theories and equations and made tenuous connections and equivocations to a bunch of weird ghost story stuff they heard about in Italy.

The paper makes no sense. It seems to be hokey grab bag of stuff a few guys learned from their math classes in college then glued together with a bunch or circular reasoning.