You may be mistaking “the world” with “education” or “learning”. Producing a result is not evidence of learning progress. During learning, result is a somewhat

You may be mistaking “the world” with “education” or “learning”. Producing a result is not evidence of learning progress. During learning, result is a somewhat useful metric if it roughly correlates with the level of effort, but relying only on result when determining whether to praise or reward a person during the learning stage is always a recipe for issues. A student may quickly learn to reproduce the desired result and stop progressing.