You might have read the comment by knowledgesale stating at one point that scientists are incentivized into producing positive results. Now take a look at this

You might have read the comment by knowledgesale stating at one point that scientists are incentivized into producing positive results. Now take a look at this quote from John Holt on 'How Children Fail': “[I told the fourth-graders] I was thinking of a number between 1 and 10,000. … They still cling stubbornly to the idea that the only good answer is a yes answer. This, of course, is the result of miseducation in which “right answers” are the only ones that pay off. They have not learned how to learn from a mistake, or even that learning from mistakes is possible. If they say, “Is the number between 5,000 and 10,000?” and I say yes, they cheer; if I say no, they groan, even though they get exactly the same amount of information in either case. The more anxious ones will, over and over again, ask questions that have already been answered, just for the satisfaction of hearing a yes.” Notice the similarity? The lesson for me was that: action is information. (Positive or negative it's still useful.) If you keep this in mind it also helps realise that there are two sources of action, yourself and others -- both should be used to feed your mind.