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Allocate validation effort by multiplying probability…

Allocate validation effort by multiplying probability of being wrong by impact of being wrong, not by treating all uncertainties equally.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (finite cognitive resources) and Human beings make decisions under conditions of incomplete… (bounded rationality). This is the risk-based testing principle applied to schema validation. It's prescriptive (how to allocate), derived from axioms about cognitive constraints, and broadly applicable.