@dlevenstein That's one of the things I'm trying to get at - are the theory folks "doing science" if they never touch data? What part of "doing science" is individual/tactical and what part is community/strategic?

What about if the followup data-folks find that the theory was spot-on right? Together they did science (I think we all agree), but should the "theory" person be funded through traditionally "science" mechanisms? Etc.

Was thinking about Einstein/Eddington/Earman and their order of operations when making the poll (https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2020.0040)