From 043a3136e727573569d93c32af1869d581707334 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "will.anderson" Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:11:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] constants: -1, +1, and the infinity between them --- docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md b/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md index 5b5321e96f..4a8d396e54 100644 --- a/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md +++ b/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md @@ -13,20 +13,23 @@ Rules: 3. No bare values anywhere in code — a number never appears without its technical name. ## The only real constants -**0, 1, −1, +∞, −∞. That's the whole list.** +**−1, +1, and the infinity between them.** -These five need no registry, no definition, no history — they are -structure itself: nothing, unity, negation, and the two endless ends. -They may appear bare anywhere. +The space is bounded — nothing exceeds −1 or +1 — but between them +lies an uncountable infinity of positions, 0 among them. That interior +infinity is a constant too: structure itself, not something anyone +invented. These may appear bare anywhere in code. -Everything else is **not a constant and must never be invented as one.** -Inventing numbers is how systems rot: someone types `0.73`, someone -else copies it, soon it's load-bearing folklore nobody can explain. +Everything else is **not a constant and must never be invented as +one.** Inventing numbers is how systems rot: someone types `0.73`, +someone else copies it, soon it's load-bearing folklore nobody can +explain. Worse — any single value like `0.73` is just ONE point +picked from the infinite interior, pretending to be special. Every other quantity is a **named relationship** — a registry row carrying what it connects, which direction it pushes, and why its -current setting is what it is. Relationships get tuned; constants -don't exist to tune. +current setting sits where it sits in the continuum. Relationships +get tuned; constants don't exist to tune. ## Finding new ones — no orphans, no inventions