Well, the interview I saw with Paul says that the DSC team contacted him for help, showed him what they were thinking, he added some notes and they went with that. He really digs it and thinks its cool (not even because they named the character after him)
Star Trek has already visited this method (without even an explanation) in the Iconians and their gateways. We don’t know exactly how the machine works they inject the spores into. But it does. This is no more zany than the original series just saying their ship is powered by crystals and leaving it at that.
Just roll with it (pun intended) we’re only 9 episodes in.
