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I mean that's almost exactly what happened with cold fusion, not faking so much as convincing yourself. What's the Feynman quote? "The first rule is do not fool yourself and you're the easiest person to fool" - something like that anyway.

It's not unheard of. [1]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02401-2

Fair point. I’m just waiting for reproduction, like everyone else. We’ll know soon enough.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892198/

It's absolutely a possibility in the space of this situation. However, any judgement, positive or negative, should be withheld until other labs and people claim to reproduce or not.