> Most people don't go into science in a completely calm, cool search for raw data. They go into it because they find it exciting and want to solve interesting things or discover "cool" things.

This is true, but as a great philosopher said, you can't always get what you want. If you search for the truth, a lot of it won't be "cool". Some of it will be cool of course: but if you prioritize coolness over truth, it might prevent you from discovering anything at all. A cool lie isn't a discovery.