In scientific research, the most reported upon results are the successfully produced unexpected, question begging results that blows away theories of what people thought was true. People only read the conclusive projects, the successful experiments, and the new, best research. This is what sells best, what grabs a reader's attention, what people want to read, and what makes money for the publishing databases and journals and magazines. The world where all science is performed perfectly and all projects end with sweet relief of expectations being met just does not exist. Only the top one percent of the research done in the world gets published and acknowledged. All things are glorified and hyped and the reality gets lost. Expectations get built up that success is measured and you must complete research for it to count. The reality is that failure takes up most of your time in the scientific world. Failure and trouble shooting and learning constantly are all parts of your daily life. You can't find the answer your looking for on your first try ever, and if you do that means it was done before you and thats how you were able to arrive so easily to your conclusion. People who do reserach for the results will never get anywhere because you have to be in it for the learning, the correcting, the fixing, the messing up, the issues, and the wrongs. Otherwise you will never have the patience needed to get to the bottom of anything worth publishing.
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