Sure, but is that line of reasoning similar to the situation with the EMDrive? I thought the interesting part was that there was an actual as-yet unexplained result / measurement. So, going back to the bronze alloys, it's more like "crazy person X has found a bronze alloy that almost seems like antigravity, and it seems to break all fundamental laws of physics". Should we disregard, or humour it look into it? It was always very likely to be some kind of error, but it's a fundamentally less silly exercise.
there was an actual as-yet unexplained result / measurement
1. "actual" isn't that actual if enough independent
scientists aren't duplicating it using scientifically
accepted testing procedures.
2. "actual" isn't that actual when the quantity is down
at around noise level.
crazy person X has found a bronze alloy that almost seems like antigravity
You're using words like "almost seems" that just don't match up to the results seen, especially considering the flawed testing methods used.
