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It seems to be one of the "negative results are bad" category opinions, manifested through a grumpy blog post. I don't share that opinion. I think negative resu
by cLeEOGPw 11y ago
It seems to be one of the "negative results are bad" category opinions, manifested through a grumpy blog post. I don't share that opinion. I think negative result is sometimes as valuable as positive, in that it allows us to remove some competing theories from the table and focus on the good ones.
- danbruc 11y agoBut that is exactly the point (of the blog), the experiment ruled out nothing because at best it tested only ideas that were already ruled out before the experiment and at worst it didn't really test anything at all because there was no consistent theory to begin with.
- dhimes 11y agoIt's actually more of a "this experiment isn't good enough to measure what you are trying to measure." If that's the case, then it is a waste.