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Originally posted by Yet Another Crank:
A "researcher" collects data for the purpose of amassing data, so that it can be analyzed to see if it means anything.

An "investigator" is a subset of researchers, who collects data for the purpose of getting a specific answer to a specific question.
This clears the air a little.
So, the investigator's virtue is to apply knowlege that was discovered by the researcher reseachers, to get timely answer for a specific question or a set of questions.

So, the researcher researcher's virtue is to discover knowlege as general as possible, so that investigator can apply it to the specific question or set of questions.

So, a real scientist must wear both hats

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