What is your vision of the failure of the researcher for the first time in his research experience Do you mean stop or what
Of course not, he must know the reasons of failure to avoid them in the next time.
The researcher should expect to fail several times before finding success. As an inventor, Thomas Edison made 10,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 10,000 times?" he famously answered, "I have not failed; I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." Of course, Edison eventually succeeded and changed history.
Many factors contributing to failure of an event e.g. research i.e. external & internal factors, some are controllable & some are not etc. Finding 2 crucial internal factors that might determine our next step are passion & perseverance. Without these 2 values, it is challenging to continue a failed research.
It is an overwhelming opinion of many professional researchers that a failure, despite being highly non-desirable, is a normal situation that is to be overcome.
More serious warning sign comes if the same type of failure is happening again, or different types of failures coming each one after another. Hence, a failure analysis and respective follow-ups are a must component in moving forward.
Process iterations go through various failures. This incremental growth blooms to the evolution of a project. Pains are part of the gain. Therefore failures are scaffold to project success.
I will stop my research in case of failure but I will repeat or continue my job until reach the truth without stop
Research is a destiny to find unknown, definitely there would be correction in the findings that would teach us for new ventures
we try with lot of possible outcome out of which everything may not work as designed Failures is a part of the work before success
Even in design we understand possible mattix of failures to ensure it is robust and good to go
In my opinion by just looking into the results of failure, is not sufficient enough to take any decision. The whole process of research is required, if all the steps are found in proper way then no need to worry much about results.
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Hello,
Failure is a prelude to future success. Failing one case does not mean that you should stop . The world of research is replete with so many unpredictable things that appear to be insurmountable. Failure, therefore, is not something to be ashamed of and by embracing your potentials you have to move forward because the cycle of life is inherently movement towards growth. Failure would make you a stronger person, because as an instance of strife, it can make the research journey all the more interesting. As Winston Churchill once said, " moving from the first failure to the second is the success itself".
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R. Biria
Failure are pillar of success ,researcher who accept the failure at the initial stage should not get the disturbed as he has to study & scrutinize his action initially to find out if there is any over gap or any omission in his direction of his action .
With this method s of trial & error he will certainly find out the correct answer of his research working & find out the solution of his action .
Very often in certain cases certain individual have an tendency for doubting regarding the own action & in such case instead of getting disturb he should try out his working action with all the vigor & strength to meet the challenge of his research .
In this line sometime back i have expressed my views i my article under the caption '' Failure are pillars of Success '' with i submit herewith for your perusal .
This is mt personal opinion
Of course no.The failure in experimental research must be expected as long as we work in this field .Failures in the first time became in numerous cases a strong motive for success later and Thomas Edison is the best example we must put in front f us when we faced any failure in our works .
Thank you for your answer Dr. Ali Alhayany
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Dr. Malik N Hawas
A null result is not a “failure”!
Sometimes negative results are unexpected, but contribute to advances in science. Sometimes they’re by design, with experiments created not to produce results in the traditional sense, but to fine-tune methods and processes for the future ...
https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/a-null-result-is-not-a-failure
Negative result is a result.
1. In some experiments, a negative result means the subject under research gives negative response,
2. In some research, particularly involving living biological system and with very small repetitions, negative result may come due to individual variation of the system (as living laboratory animals). In such cases, the procedure may be repeated with more observations.
But it has equal importance as positive result, if the work has been done properly.
Success or failure is a part of research. If you find that a particular method did not work, it is also a research.
The failure is a station on the long way of success for
hard workers.
Failure is part of the learning processes to be a successful researcher. However, allow yourself to be tutored by it. We all faced it!
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Dr. Malik N Hawas
In my opinion
Failure is a step towards success or an attempt at success
This is what I told the students and I still insist on it opinion and I said
As a young researcher, failure is inevitable in the lighter way, you have to learn through your research experience. You cope with the issue of paper publications (rejection and unwarranted delay and other issues). You don't relent on your effort, just forge ahead, success is ahead of you.
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Olutosin
Why scientists must share their failures?
Indeed, people in nearly any occupation, from painters to journalists to architects could learn from failed iterations of the respective masters of their crafts. Yet in all these fields, we don’t expect—nor do we get—any of this. We generally only see the final, perfected product.
In the sciences, however, I want to shift this thinking. I want researchers to share everything from start to finish. Why? Because we need them to. Their failures, if seen, could stop another researcher from making the same mistakes. What’s more, knowing what doesn’t work will help researchers—or computers, in the future—deduce what might work, and in turn, speed up scientific progress...
https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/why-scientists-must-share-their-failures
Dr. Ljubomir Jacić.
"I want researchers to share everything from start to finish. Why? Because we need them to. Their failures, if seen, could stop another researcher from making the same mistakes".
Very important remarks - I totally agree with this.
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A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.
Dr. Marianne,
Significant remarks - "A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect".
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The actual meaning of 'FAIL', 'END' and 'NO'
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/actual-meaning-fail-end-paul-muschter/?trackingId=Jyzi9NlFSRkBfLiqz8D1ew%3D%3D
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.” -- Gustave Flaubert
If you want to have success you must fail sometimes, it is fine to have not the result you want from a research or an approach. you can modify it until you have a success, but as researcher you must to know when is the right time to give up something.
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Mohammad Khalaf
Science is riddled with stories of getting scooped, data glitches and funding crises — which can feel particularly acute for PhD candidates who are racing against time to earn their degrees. Five researchers talk about the hurdles they faced and how they overcame them...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01900-y
Failure can feel hot and shameful, but we must normalise it
Failure is essential in research, so we need to reframe it into an opportunity for learning...
Without failure we will never uncover what does work by eliminating the failed experimental runs or hypotheses. Even the act of incremental improvement demands we reject the underperforming version...
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/failure-can-feel-hot-and-shameful-we-must-normalise-it?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial-daily&spMailingID=21809151&spUserID=MTAxNzcwNzE4MTk2NAS2&spJobID=2077517828&spReportId=MjA3NzUxNzgyOAS2
It's a good question. If the failure is recognized, understood, apologized, and analyzed appropriately, then the decision about the future depends on many factors. Ultimately, it depends on what one loves more - science inside oneself, or oneself in science.
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