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• Is there any connection between accepted methodology and theory pursuit? For example, string theory currently cannot be falsified, which goes against the falsificationist methodology widely accepted in the physics community. It is not given much funding by comparison with other pursued theories. (Jennifer Whyte, Jacob MacKinnon, Hakob Barseghyan, 2016) • Can there be delegation authority to tools, or other material objects? Imagine Suppose a community which takes all of its scientific knowledge from an ancient manuscript. Is the community delegating authority to the long-dead writers of this manuscript, or to the book itself? When scientists use an instrument in an experiment, who are they delegating authority to? Standard research practice says that when using an instrument in an experiment, the scientist should cite the manufacturers of the instrument in their research paper. Does this indicate that authority is being delegated to the manufacturers rather than the tool itself? If authority can be delegated to a material object, does this mean that the object is the bearer of a mosaic? (Nick Overgaard, Hakob Barseghyan, 2016)