> its great to be excited for real science discoveries but hoaxes are not good,
There's absolutely no evidence of a hoax. The original authors were sloppy and overeager, not malicious.
There's absolutely no evidence of a hoax. The original authors were sloppy and overeager, not malicious.
Reckon so, but if they believed they were on the brink of a great discovery and thought they could be beaten to it at any moment, then it's understandable.