[viscanti]

Well the whole argument feels kind of clickbait and premature. Arguing that replication efforts fall short, after less than a week of attempts, feels pretty weird. Why even weigh in on things right now if you're Nature? How many of their best papers have been replicated so quickly (it is approaching zero) or conclusively. It shouldn't be a surprise that the fastest pre-release papers that are attempting to replicate it, are mostly from labs looking for publicity or from people who are just excited. Research teams that need more time for a rigorous replication effort are still working and likely will be for awhile. This is a silly thing for Nature to talk about and it makes them look like they're going the clickbait route to take advantage of the hype around floating rocks.