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    Supports→It can be rational for a researcher to adopt a non-orthodox research strategy even if the orthodox strategy is judged most likely to succeed.

    The rational calculation of pursuing a maverick strategy incorporates the likelihood of the maverick strategy succeeding, the number of peers already pursuing orthodox or other maverick strategies, and the anticipated reward of success.

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    Anticipated reward(as used in evaluating outcomes)
    The benefit or success you expect to gain if your strategy works out as planned.
    Maverick strategy(as used in strategy and game theory)
    An unconventional or independent approach that goes against the standard way most people do things.
    Orthodox(as used in contrasting strategies)

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    The conventional, widely-accepted, or traditional approach that most people follow.
    Rational calculation(as used in decision-making and strategy)
    Making a decision by carefully weighing the pros and cons using logic, rather than acting on emotion or intuition.

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    Communication and the division of cognitive labor. Among the first issues to be investigated using formal techniques was the division of cognitive labor. While big science projects such as discussed by Hardwig pose a problem of integrating disparate elements of the solution to a question, the division of cognitive labor concerns the appropriate or optimal distribution of efforts towards solving a given problem. If everyone follows the same research strategy to solve a problem or answer a questio

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