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    It is not the case that Kuhn's normal science demonstrates that scientists are persuaded by paradigm-conformity and disciplinary authority, not raw evidence, during periods constituting most scientific practice.

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    • 1.Kuhn conflates *interpretation* of evidence with rejection of evidence; paradigms shape questions, not scientists' responsiveness to anomalies.
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    • 2.Revolutionary science (relativity, quantum mechanics) succeeded precisely because evidence ultimately compelled paradigm change despite institutional resistance.
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    • 3.Experimental reproducibility across independent labs with different authorities demonstrates evidence constrains theory choice beyond social persuasion.
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    • 1.Scientists apprentice into existing frameworks, making paradigm assumptions invisible and therefore constitutive of what counts as evidence.
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    • 2.Historical examples show scientific communities rejected anomalies for decades until authority figures legitimized new interpretations.
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    • 3.Peer review and funding allocation mechanisms structurally reward work conforming to established research programs, not iconoclasm.
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