I think any good scientist would tell you they hope for the day when they discover a genuine, verified & confirmed anomaly -- not to their own pet theory, of course, but preferably to the theory of some old professor they particularly disliked in school.
Or maybe to the theory of a rival for the prettiest girl in class.
That's where true anomalies become not just challenging, but fun.
Point is, if you think of science as nothing more than self-protection or self-aggrandizement, well... it shouldn't be and in many, many cases is not.
I’m merely pointing out that in the formation of human beliefs, passion always precedes intellect.
We believe what we want to be true, then we rationalize it. There is some room to get around this in the scientific method, such as with the double blind protocol. But one of our greatest weaknesses is the inclination to believe rational thinking is the rule.