[metmom]

I am sorry, but science is not results-driven.

Of course it is.

If you don't put out, you're done for in the scientific community.

It you don't put out according to current consensus, it won't get peer reviewed.

[goodusername]

“It you don’t put out according to current consensus, it won’t get peer reviewed.”

—Actually, some criteria for NOT getting published is to say stuff that either isn’t new or isn’t different.