Evidence And Assumptions

Preamble

Evidence And Assumptions shows what the decision is resting on: facts, assumptions, hypotheses, inferences, unknowns, unsupported claims, and missing proof.

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Some Gaps Can Be Closed

Some gaps ask for more work. A missing price, absent customer quote, vague cost, stale benchmark, or unsupported claim can be searched for, tested, or removed from the rationale. The audit makes those gaps concrete enough to act on.

Some Gaps Have To Be Carried

Other gaps travel with the decision. A market may stay uncertain. A creative bet may stay underdetermined. A life decision may keep two truths alive at once. The audit names those gaps as irreducible before more analysis starts pretending it can settle them.

Evidence Has To Match The Stakes

A low-risk reversible choice can move with thin evidence. A costly or identity-shaping choice needs a harder record. Evidence is judged against the decision being made, with the stakes still attached.