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Null results are beneficial to the scientific community at large, but detrimental to the researcher(s) publishing the null result. This results from a system in
by 0xffff2 8y ago
Null results are beneficial to the scientific community at large, but detrimental to the researcher(s) publishing the null result. This results from a system in which researchers are judged on a metric approximated by the percentage of positive results they publish.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoNot so sound snarky (I know that's not welcome here) but that doesn't sound very scientific to me. If ultimately science is a method-based process to find truth, then hiding facts feels hypocritical. No doubt, I agree with you. We all do. My rub is that I see repeated calls from science that the public bow to its mastery. Unfortunately, a institutional lack of transparency is hardly grounds for trust. Perhaps it's time for science to hold itself up to it's own standards?