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    It is not the case that A theorist can acknowledge empirical difficulties while maintaining a mathematically motivated research program without this constituting irrational persistence.

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    • 1.Empirical difficulty is evidence against a theory's truth. Ignoring it for mathematical appeal prioritizes aesthetics over reality.
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    • 2.Without clear empirical progress markers, continued work becomes unfalsifiable—indistinguishable from dogmatism or motivated reasoning.
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    • 3.Resource allocation to empirically troubled programs diverts effort from better-supported alternatives that could advance science more efficiently.
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    • 1.Mathematical elegance and internal consistency are genuine epistemic virtues that can justify continued development despite empirical gaps.
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    • 2.History shows successful theories (general relativity, quantum mechanics) required years of empirical anomalies before resolution or vindication.
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    • 3.Distinguishing between a research program's core framework and peripheral empirical failures is methodologically sound, not arbitrary rationalization.
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