[HPsquared]

Something like the time value of money. But on the other hand, a bad answer can have negative value. Although "wrong and early" is better than "wrong and late".

[bcrosby95]

I don't know. There's a lot of instances where the first movers lose because they were a bit wrong and others learned from their mistakes.

[rebuilder]

If “wrong” breaks things, then late is better than early.

[pixl97]

Quite often the only way to know if you're wrong or right is to start building it.