The fly brain can play Beat Saber (and trade Bitcoin)

Scientists mapped a fruit fly’s entire brain (~166k neurons). The internet’s response: plug the connectome into games and trading bots. The peak viral clip — “the fly brain can play beat saber” — hit ~22M views and ~85k likes on X in two days. Follow-ups had the same fly trading Bitcoin on Coinbase (~3.4M views) and parallel parking (~1.5M). September 2026 science meme energy: a real neuroscience breakthrough turned into the year’s weirdest gaming flex. Context: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fly-brain-simulations-fruit-fly-brain-mapped Would you trust a fruit fly with your portfolio, or only with Beat Saber? https://thumbsnap.com/i/GR7ZJp2Y.png?0913