Yeah, it's been known for a very long time. Richard Feynman alluded to it in his speech The Value of Science [1] where he discussed a Buddhist proverb:

  To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell.

He then goes on to say:

  What, then, is the value of the key to heaven? It is true that if we lack clear instructions that determine which is the gate to heaven and which is the gate to hell, the key may be a dangerous object to use. But the key obviously has value: how can we enter heaven without it?

[1]: https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/40/2/Science.pdf