I would definitely agree. But people don’t always behave rationally...
Then again, if it is hocus pocus, no one will be able to recreate it... ever.
I always like to keep my mind open — the discovery penicillin is a perfect example. Some random, serendipitous event might be influencing his experiment. Maybe lab was a storage room for a geologist’s radioactive rocks. Or the Pepsi that he spilled on the bench is acting as a catalyst. Lol.