Andrew Huberman· PhD
A negative result says this particular pathway, molecule, mechanism, etc. is not doing what we hypothesized it would. And that's a real advance in our scientific knowledge. Absolutely. without question.
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
A negative result says this particular pathway, molecule, mechanism, etc. is not doing what we hypothesized it would. And that's a real advance in our scientific knowledge. Absolutely. without question.
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Ne so-called negative results aren't incentivized. very hard to get a good paper published for showing that something isn't true.
although negative findings are just as important for the establishment of knowledge right