The Shape of Things

Scientific Geometry

Say where a result came from, including the part you added afterward

A passage from a novel, chosen for the method it shows. The data in the story are invented, so what travels is the move and not the result. What it does not establish is set out below.

From Amaleto's log after the ring work (Chapter 14):

Ring confirmed, four points, method sound. Flagging for the record: three of the four came out of the blind search; the fourth I added afterward, so the blind result is three points, not four. I stand behind the work.

From Current Drift: Chapter Fourteen — Amaleto.