In the subset of competitive video games known as fighting games, like Street Fighter, there is a slang term for a very similar tactic, called an “option select”[0]. Put simply: you’re maximising the expected value of your decision, by expanding the possibility space of what can occur after your decision, instead of eagerly (and maybe mistakenly!) committing to any particular possibility and locking yourself into some subset of that possibility space.
Go figure that I’ve overheard and used “option select” in the context of technical decisions at work, among coworkers who play fighting games.
Go figure that I’ve overheard and used “option select” in the context of technical decisions at work, among coworkers who play fighting games.
[0]: https://youtu.be/rBLpz369i7Q