Practice question · Multiple choice
Why has viewshed analysis been uncomfortable for writing about castles in "commanding positions"?
Hints
- Put the observer on the parapet and let the model answer.
- What was the status of these claims before it was possible to check?
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B. It turns assertion into a testable claim
Why
Could this tower see the next? Was the castle sited to be seen, or to see? These were assertions, and now they are tests, which a good deal of confident writing has failed.
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