[TOMDM]

I think what's being pointed out is that "researchers" could pump out hundreds of easy to test negatives every day if a negative result was just as incentivised.

I do agree though, negatives are just as important when the intent is to prove/disprove a meaningful hypothosis.

[kuhewa]

A negative result won't make a career. I don't think there's much danger when requiring negative results going onto a repository of over incentivising negative results. You can't mandate Nature or Cell publishes negative results.