Scientists Encouraged to Risk Failure
Chinese lawmakers have had to propose legislation to get their scientists to try.
In an effort to promote innovation and clamp down on fraud, China’s law makers are trying new laws to remove the stigma attached to failure.
If a scientist fails, they know longer will have to fear losing their funding.
“‘Scientists and technicians who have initiated research with a high risk of failure will still have their expenses covered if they can provide evidence that they have tried their best when they failed to achieve their goals,’ says the draft amendment to the Law on Science and Technology Progress.”
Until now, scientists have been pressured to report only successes resulting in research being stifled and theft and forgery of successes.
Thomas Edison was blamed once for the 50,000+ failed experiments he conducted.
He responded, “I did not fail 50,000 times. I learned 50,000 things that don’t work.”
Failure is essential to learn. Sometimes the best lessons in life are indeed learning what NOT to do.
A law?
What have you learned NOT to do?
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