Turn to Cosmography

The Turn to Cosmography refers to a reorientation in the work of Theors and their Theorics: instead of expecting new, larger particle‑accelerator installations to test proposals, practitioners increasingly sought constraints from observations of the cosmos. In discussion among avout, this change is described as a practical response to the realization that no machine likely to be built in their lifetimes could probe the theories then under study.

First Mention and Context

• Described by avout as already in progress late in the Praxic Age, when the biggest accelerators had reached practical limits of construction and funding.
• Presented as continuing after the Reconstitution, when Praxic‑style megaprojects had ended in the wake of the Terrible Events.

Character and Causes

• Practical limits: Even before the upheavals that ended Praxic megaprojects, the largest accelerators were pushing what could reasonably be built, leading theors to look to the sky for testable givens.
• Methodological shift: Emphasis moved toward cosmography—using astronomical observations and orbital modeling—to supply evidence and constraints in place of new high‑energy experiments. This strengthened the role of specialists such as Cosmographers.

Relationships and Notes

• Field context: Framed within the community of Theors and their practice of Theorics.
• Historical placement: Spoken of as underway in the late Praxic Age and persisting after the Reconstitution; accounts suggest the trend did not depend solely on those events but was accelerated by them.

Current Status

Used as a label for an ongoing orientation within theorics: obtaining constraints from the cosmos when further increases in accelerator scale are impractical or unavailable.