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that can affect LIGO's sensors. A confirmed detection could only be made once those sources were conclusively ruled out.
In other fields, where results can be more qualitative than quantitative, null results are less valued. "So, we're just looking for evidence that there is an effect or an association, irrespective of its magnitude, which then creates this problem when, if we fail to find evidence that there is an effect, we haven't put any parameters on whether or not an effect that small would actually matter – biologically, theoretically, clinically. We can't do anything with it."One of the most famous examples is the, conducted by physicists Albert A. Michelson and Edward W.
, but of course, they detected nothing of the sort. The null result showed that the speed of light was constant in all reference frames, which Einstein would go on to explain with his special theory of relativity.In other instances, null results can help us to design instrumentation and future experiments. The detection of colliding black holes via gravitational waves only took place after years of null detections allowed for improvements to the design of the gravitational wave interferometer.
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