RMP.2:3 - Forces

• Existing evidence can make a new study wasteful, while residual uncertainty alone does not show that evidence is sufficient.
• Unlike designs protect different claims, while a common score can erase the exact criticism each enables.
• Real alternatives expose favorite-method capture, while a fixed option quota can manufacture decorative comparisons.
• Domain, ethics, safety, access, and authority results are external, while their values may determine which design is possible.
• Early design selection gives direction, while a load-bearing unknown can make that direction fictional.
• Operational detail can wait, while “we will solve it later” often hides a selection-changing premise.
• Expected information gain supports proportionate Work, while uncertain gain cannot always be reduced to one probability or utility number.
• Mixed designs can connect unlike evidence relations, while adding methods does not guarantee triangulation or agreement.
• Reporting guidance improves transparency, while a checklist cannot choose or validate a design.
• The receiver needs relevance, while research must not inherit the receiver’s decision authority.