In a Bayesian context, seeking evidence is about narrowing the probability distribution from what should be a relatively flat prior. One could probably make a case for not making a decision until the cost of putting it off outweighs the gain by decreasing the uncertainty.
“Narrowing” can be passive or active. Passive narrowing is going to be a lot less efficient than active narrowing. If you are in a position to wait for as long as it takes , that would not be a problem...but you aren’t’t. You also don’t have a pre existing mental database of every possible hypothesis, or the ability to assign infinitesimal probabilities to them.
In a Bayesian context, seeking evidence is about narrowing the probability distribution from what should be a relatively flat prior. One could probably make a case for not making a decision until the cost of putting it off outweighs the gain by decreasing the uncertainty.
“Narrowing” can be passive or active. Passive narrowing is going to be a lot less efficient than active narrowing. If you are in a position to wait for as long as it takes , that would not be a problem...but you aren’t’t. You also don’t have a pre existing mental database of every possible hypothesis, or the ability to assign infinitesimal probabilities to them.