Ascientist carries out an experiment. the results do not support the scientist’s hypothesis. how can thinking critically be to the scientist?

Critical thinking is considered important in psychological science because it enables one to analyze, evaluate, explain, and restructure thinking, thereby decreasing the risk of adopting, acting on, or thinking with a false premise. Within the framework of the scientific method and scientific skepticism, the process of critical thinking involves acquiring information and evaluating it to reach a well-justified conclusion or answer.

By thinking critically, he rejects his hypothesis and look for the opposite of his hypothesis and accept and present the opposite hypothesis.