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Re:Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets with Resi... by dekhn on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:53PM (#35073181)
there isn't enough evidence to say they are lying compared to making a mistake. It is remarkably hard for many scientists to ensure that the presented "raw datA" isn't actually the output of a synthetic analysis. also, if the new work repros and is valid, it means that the original work may well have been right.

If it doesn't repro probably this guy's career is over.

Re:Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets with Resi... by feoren on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:29AM (#35083061)
> there isn't enough evidence to say they are lying compared to making a mistake

You're right, of course. I would not be jumping to conclusions if I had actual authority over the consideration of their work; I would be much more measured. But here in my armchair, I'm free to express my strong gut feeling that these guys are obvious liars -- but that's just, like, my opinion, man. This is one of those cases where I'd be very happy to be proven wrong.