> Or instead of iterating 5 times, you take your time and do it right on the 2nd attempt You're assuming the majority of failures are human-error induced. Aca

> Or instead of iterating 5 times, you take your time and do it right on the 2nd attempt You're assuming the majority of failures are human-error induced. Academia is infamous for only rewarding positive results, even when the underlying is exploratory and planning couldn't have saved you. "X does not cause Y" is a legitimate outcome of asking "does X cause Y?", but it's (usually) not an acceptable result for a thesis. It's all too possible to end up needing all of those iterations even when you don't make mistakes.