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So hold on a minute - does this mean there might be some truth to the whole “eat your fallen enemy to gain experience” thing? That’s wild.
No, because you're eating the flesh, so you're digesting it.
This is more relevant to organ transplants.
Apparently, it's a known phenomenon that some organ transplant recipients seem to inherit some traits and even memories of organ donors.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38694651/
Wow, these examples are so cool.
Food Preferences:
Musical Preferences:
Sexual Preferences:
Other Preferences and Aversions:
Memories:
Unfortunately, though, I don't see any mention of how certain they were that the recipients didn't learn these things before experiencing them