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by ben_w 898 days ago
> A novel scientific paper is much, much different than code.

Sure, just not in a way that matters.

Human language is a "closed, finite set" of symbols (to the same extent as code, at least), all of which are heavily explained in the training data that contains a vast number of learning materials.

Science is about the novel things; but when the things are so novel the research has to invent new words to discuss these things, those new words come with explanations of what they mean.