STR.7:3 - Forces

Further evidence can improve choice, but delay and exposure can make the attainable investigation worse than acting on a sufficient present basis. A narrow experiment is easier to bound, while its result supports a narrower claim.

Preserving several possibilities can protect future choice but incurs carrying cost. Testing one can improve its evidence while closing others through scarce resources or a new obligation. Inquiry and option retention therefore need related but separate comparisons.