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Where did this claim really start?
Walk it back toward its first appearance — and see what mutated.
“New study proves coffee causes memory loss.”
Origin
Small preprint, n=14, hedged: 'may be associated with'.
Blog rewrite
Caveats dropped; 'linked to' becomes the headline.
Aggregator
'Linked to' becomes 'causes'.
Viral post
'Causes' becomes 'proven' — far from the source.
What is lateral reading?
Official + archived sources — provenance shown, not a binary true/false stamp. Seed trail shown.