Editing Openai/693d13a2-0638-8007-9b25-4cd446434f52 (section)

==== Because doing so universally would be inefficient and unnecessary. ====

Key reasons:
* Most natural-language questions do not require strict symbolic verification.
* If every response forced a lowest-level mechanical check, response quality, speed, and fluency would degrade.
* The system dynamically balances: - speed vs rigor - probability of correctness vs cost of computation

In this case, the initial probability estimate was wrong, and the lack of a verification step allowed the error through. When challenged, the system re-allocated attention and switched to a more exact method.