Precision: A Deliberate Decision Instead of Faith in Technology

The standard

A justified intervention states its aim before execution and can be measured by whether that aim was reached.

Criteria

  • Every intervention has a stated aim, not merely an available technique
  • Refraining counts as a decision and is justified in the same way
  • The effect is examined after the intervention, not presumed
  • The number of interventions follows from the wine, not from the equipment

Distinction

Precision ≠ density of control: more measuring points produce more data, not more clarity. Precision ≠ restraint: forgoing a measure is as little precise as its excess. A justified intervention differs from an unjustified one by its reasoning, not by its direction.