Italian scientists say they found the best way to make boiled eggs. We tried it, and (sorry, science) it’s not worth it.

There’s no single method to boil an egg, but a team at the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for Polymers, Composites, and Biomaterials now believe there is a “perfect” way to cook them. In order to make it, however, you’ll need some patience and a watchful eye.

The team used computer models of computational fluid dynamics, then tested out the painstaking—yet reportedly delicious—recipe for themselves

A new Italian study has devised an ideal way to cook an egg. But perfection, as always, is a little ridiculous