Timescape
“"You think this is enough?" "For now, yeah. Who knows?"–Gordon shrugged–"Maybe for good, too." "I at least ought to fill in some of the high field observations." "Not that important." "After what that committee did to me, I want to be sure— " "More data isn't the answer. You need more background reading, more analysis of your data, things like that. Not more numbers churning out of the lab." "You sure?" "You can close out your run by tomorrow." "Umm. Well, okay." In reality, Cooper probably could strengthen his case with more data.
Gordon had always disliked the practice of overmeasuring every effect, though, mostly because he suspected it deadened the imagination. After while you saw only what you expected to see. How could he be sure Cooper was really taking all the data as it came?
This was a justifiable reason for bumping Cooper off the NMR rig, but that wasn't why Gordon did it.
Claudia Zinnes would be starting up in September. If she found anything anomalous, Gordon wanted to be... running simultaneously.MoreLess
Gordon had always disliked the practice of overmeasuring every effect, though, mostly because he suspected it deadened the imagination. After while you saw only what you expected to see. How could he be sure Cooper was really taking all the data as it came?
This was a justifiable reason for bumping Cooper off the NMR rig, but that wasn't why Gordon did it.
Claudia Zinnes would be starting up in September. If she found anything anomalous, Gordon wanted to be... running simultaneously.MoreLess
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