STR.11:10 - Rationale

Selection connects a comparison to an actual chooser and a bounded result. Keeping result kinds distinct prevents an archive or shortlist from creating work by implication and prevents the analyst’s recommendation from borrowing authority.

Explicit assumptions make a choice revisable without making it provisional in every respect. Some work can be firmly authorized now while another branch remains conditional. That distinction is more useful than either total commitment or indefinite hesitation.