data-incompleteness

The challenge posed by incomplete or missing information on many inhabited planets, complicating the search for Earth.

1 chapter across 1 book

Foundation's Edge (1982)Isaac Asimov

Chapter 8

In this chapter, Trevize and Pelorat discuss the quest to find Earth, rejecting the idea of searching on Trantor and instead focusing on Pelorat's extensive research into myths and legends about Earth's characteristics. Pelorat explains his method of analyzing contradictory tales to build a model of Earth's probable physical traits, including its rotation period and large satellite, and the difficulties in identifying Earth among millions of inhabited planets due to incomplete data and linguistic diversity.