Preregistration, requirement to publish negative or null results, and full data is, arguably, the three legs of modern science. If we collectively don't enforce this, nobody is doing science, they're just fucking around and writing it down.
I do agree though, negatives are just as important when the intent is to prove/disprove a meaningful hypothosis.
we tried using 0.11 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.12 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.13 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.10 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.11 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.13 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.15 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.17 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.16 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.18 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.20 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.14 mL, it didn't work
we tried using 0.12 mL, it worked so we published
Do you want to know the ones that "didn't work" existed? Or are you happy with just the one that "worked" being written up in isolation?E.g. if you search for eggs and cholesterol you should find all studies with their summarized results on whether eggs are ok or not for your cholesterol, grouped by researcher, so if somebody does 200 studies to find the one positive it's instantly visible.