When your experiments and studies fail, do you think, ‘I’m one step closer to changing the world or I’m just wasting my

Question: When your experiments and studies fail, do you think, 'I'm one step closer to changing the world or I'm just wasting my time. This will never work'?
- Keywords:
  experiment,
  fail
Asked by Emz to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 10 Mar 2016.
- Gaia Andreoletti answered on 10 Mar 2016:
  
  Hi Emz,
  In my case tt is a bit of both feelings. Some days I think “I am so wasting my time” some other are more exciting and I think am actually up to something useful.
- Adrian Buzatu answered on 10 Mar 2016:
  
  Sometimes it is frustrating when the experiments don’t work. You just have to keep pushing. Finding a way that does not work it’s still valid information, experience.
- Jim Barrett answered on 10 Mar 2016:
  
  Haha, definitely a mix of both for me
- Scott Lawrie answered on 10 Mar 2016:
  
  Things are always going wrong in an experimental laboratory. That’s the nature of the beast. Equipment breaks, cables fall out of sockets, buttons fall off, fuses blow… You just have to put your head down and fix the problem and believe that when it’s all up and running, excellent results will be just around the corner!

Question: When your experiments and studies fail, do you think, 'I'm one step closer to changing the world or I'm just wasting my time. This will never work'?