To use a word like hoax would require at least some hint of the authors falsifying data or intentionally misrepresenting things. LK-99 is still very magneticall

To use a word like hoax would require at least some hint of the authors falsifying data or intentionally misrepresenting things. LK-99 is still very magnetically interesting even if it is not a superconductor. Interpreting those interesting behaviors is where things seem to have gone wrong.