Comment on It do be like that
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 day agoThe thing is negative results are often the most valuable. If a hypothesis is disproven, it’s gone. The search space is reduced and people don’t need to waste their time with it.
All those glory hunters are the problem.
slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yes they are but also the general attitude and politics at play just don’t allow for anyone but a well established name to publish negative results and still be taken as a serious researcher.
I agree a 100% about how valuable it is in reducing the search space.