From 340cbbc7a665a42d82b492b300111bd2c057c48d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "will.anderson" Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:14:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] space poles not floor-ceiling - symmetric geometry, no hierarchy --- docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md b/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md index 4a8d396e54..255877b2a3 100644 --- a/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md +++ b/docs/PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md @@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ Rules: 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. +invented. + +But **none of them may appear bare in code** — not even these. They +get named like everything else: `space.negative-pole` (−1), +`space.positive-pole` (+1), `space.neutral` (0). The names are how structure stays legible; +bare numerals are how it gets lost. There are exactly three such +names, they are eternal, and they are never redefined. Everything else is **not a constant and must never be invented as one.** Inventing numbers is how systems rot: someone types `0.73`,