Paper: the 'alien space' of coherent but cognitively unavailable science
martincsweiss · hn · 2026-10-22
An arXiv paper, 'The alien space of science: Coherent but cognitively unavailable directions', examines regions of the scientific search space that are logically coherent yet cognitively out of reach for humans — relevant to debates on AI-assisted scientific discovery. Discussed on Hacker News.
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