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    Challenges→The fugitive should weight his randomizing formula according to the different levels of parametric danger at each bridge

    Without a probability distribution over the pursuer's choices, weighting by 'parametric danger' collapses into arbitrary stipulation rather than rational decision procedure.

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    • 1.Rational decision-making requires systematic weighting criteria; without probabilistic grounding, weights reflect subjective preference rather than evidence.
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    • 2.Parametric danger metrics become unfalsifiable if unmapped to actual behavioral frequencies; they cannot be validated or corrected through observation.
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    • 3.Decision procedures claiming rationality must distinguish themselves from arbitrary assignment; probability distributions provide this epistemic anchor.
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    • 1.Many legitimate decision frameworks (minimax, lexicographic ordering) use non-probabilistic weighting yet remain rational without collapsing into arbitrariness.
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    • 2.Parametric danger can be justified through structural features of threats (speed, lethality, targeting precision) independent of observed frequency data.
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    • 3.Demanding probability distributions assumes perfect information unavailable in novel, strategic, or adversarial contexts where parametric methods actually apply.
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