[jruohonen]

> Is that actually a null result though?

The above is a good point but I would extend it further. I mean, philosophically, you get a positive result from a negative (null) result by merely changing your hypotheses (e.g., something should not cause something else).

[tempusalaria]

if you are p testing this isn’t the case. A positive result is a much stronger assertion

[jruohonen]

Sure and of course you shouldn't change your hypotheses. That's kind of the whole purpose of pre-registrations at a meta-level of things.