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Comment author: denisbider 14 June 2009 10:03:20PM *  1 point [-]

No, "to figure out" in such a case would mean to find evidence that you suspected might exist, but weren't sure about it.

If you are able to delay action while performing research motivated by your initial intuition, it can mean the difference between life and death. It has happened.

Comment author: Annoyance 15 June 2009 02:41:52PM 0 points [-]

No, "to figure out" in such a case would mean to find evidence that you suspected might exist, but weren't sure about it.

Finding new evidence is not "figuring out". That refers to cognitive processing, not evidence discovery.