If, and it’s still quite a big if (although it’s getting smaller and smaller everyday) LK-99 room temperature superconductivity is confirmed Nature reputation should be tarnished forever. They managed to accept not one, but TWO superconductivity papers with one of the authors that was already known for forging results AND they threw in the bin the LK-99 paper. Looking at the ongoing LK-99 story what is basically certain now is that they are not a fraud and something is really going on given the multiple confirmations of very important properties that are trickling down every day. Aside from that I’ve been fascinated with superconductors for decades and, while not a scientist, I think that I’ve a decent knowledge of the current theoretical framework around superconductivity. Given your pretty scathing post, do you understand 5% of the hypothesis around superconductivity or are you just going to side with Nature because of its authority?