Again like the Iran-contra hearings, there are no smoking guns, only a scatter shot of fascinating speculations.
I do not doubt," said the high priestess, "that this is a fascinating new ethical speculation.
Such speculation, however fascinating, begs the main question.
Where the author succeeds is in his fascinating speculation about our ecological future, and the steps we could be taking to repair the world for future generations.
"There were a number of suggestions about what I might do with myself, and there was a good deal of fascinating speculation about my ancestry."
It is a fascinating speculation.
Max "wrote a confessional letter to Miss Macaulay, cutting short all fascinating speculation."
It is, at least, a fascinating speculation.
But the fact that the Sword-thief did it opens up a whole realm of fascinating speculation.
It might be fascinating speculation, but it does not have the same importance as a real experimental result.