| From my perspective the story has went like this: 1. It's probably fake/fraud/error/hopium. 2. Yeah but, it's not a superconductor, it's just diamagnetic. 3. Yeah but, theoretically maybe, but not practically. 4. Yeah but, it's just a warmer superconductor, not room temperature. I don't know if my sensibilities are "bayesian" or something, but while the naysayers are totally correct, their predictions are not where the trend is heading. This thing is consistently defying expectations and gradually becoming more "important" as more information comes out. I believe if the Q-Centre team say it's room-temperature SC, then given the evidence so far I expect to get closer to that conclusion over time. If it fails, then I think it'll fail for very good reasons, not simple error or incompetence. At this point, fraud is totally ruled out. |
If you want to benefit from dubious and/or fake research, you'll have to be a lot more subtle about it.
Announcing you just found the holy grail will get you all the attention in the world, attention you don't want if you just forged the paper to advance your career.