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    It is not the case that Deeming a satisfiable norm 'inappropriate' because it is demanding conflates the normative question of what we ought to believe with the descriptive question of what we typically do believe.

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    • 1.Cognitive architecture genuinely constrains which norms are rationally adoptable; demanding the impossible isn't normative.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'ought' and 'is' doesn't entail ignoring facts about what humans can sustainably practice.
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    • 3.Calling demanding norms 'appropriate' without addressing implementation may render them practically inert and therefore useless.
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    • 1.Normative standards should be evaluated by logical consistency and truth, not by human psychological capacity to meet them.
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    • 2.Conflating 'difficult to believe' with 'inappropriate to believe' permits false norms to persist if humans naturally adopt them.
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    • 3.Demanding norms have historically driven moral and intellectual progress beyond our initial comfort.
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