Principlev1PR-1026
Reduce the number of alternatives an agent must evaluate…
Reduce the number of alternatives an agent must evaluate to decrease response latency — discrimination time scales logarithmically with choice count.
Why This Is a Principle
This directly derives from Hick's Law of Choice Time (Hick-Hyman Law) combined with Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory limits). The principle prescribes trigger design to optimize latency — fewer alternatives mean faster response because discrimination is a time-consuming operation bounded by the logarithmic relationship Hick established.