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    It is not the case that Conflating the normative question of how scientists ought to allocate effort with the descriptive question of how they do decide undermines the original justificatory purpose of these models.

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    • 1.Normative models without empirical grounding in actual decision-making become disconnected from reality and impractical to implement.
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    • 2.Understanding how scientists actually allocate effort informs better normative guidance; the distinction is less sharp than claimed.
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    • 3.Models can serve both descriptive and normative functions simultaneously; conflating them doesn't necessarily undermine justificatory purpose.
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    • 1.Normative models of science aim to prescribe ideal allocation; descriptive accounts explain actual behavior, serving different purposes.
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    • 2.When descriptive findings replace normative standards, we lose grounds to critique or improve scientific practice systematically.
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    • 3.Justificatory models require independence from current practice; conflating them makes them circular and unable to evaluate science.
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