The Quantum Computing fiasco is fascinating and underline quite few human nature flaws.
- We're collectively less smart/rational than we think
- People with money/power are not much better than average
- We tend to be very gullible when we don't understand the underlying principles
The same human flaws can be seen in UFO/Conspiracy theories and to some extent in the crypto/NFT scene.
A lot of this is amplified to several orders of magnitude by incompetent journalism.