**Author details**

Fang Fang\*†, Sinziana Paduroiu†, Dugan Hammock and Klee Irwin Quantum Gravity Research, Los Angeles, CA, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: fang@quantumgravityresearch.org

† These authors contributed equally.

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