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Yes, boring in the conventional sense is desirable from a scientific point of view (because the preference for surprising results leads to the biggest problem science has today: most published findings are incorrect). The linked article doesn't really do a very good job of explaining what "boring" means to the author, but my hope is he doesn't have a problem with boring in the sense of negative findings or unsurprising results.


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