The alien space of science: Coherent but cognitively unavailable directions
This academic paper explores the concept of 'cognitively unavailable' research directions in science, suggesting that there are coherent paths of discovery that remain hidden from current human research paradigms.
Why it matters
It challenges current scientific methodology and suggests that AI could help identify overlooked but viable research trajectories.
Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Alejandro Hernandez Artiles [ view email ] [v1] Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:05:19 UTC (569 KB) [v2] Fri, 15 May 2026 23:12:34 UTC (2,833 KB) [v3] Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:59:34 UTC (3,197 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled The Alien Space of Science: Sampling Coherent but Cognitively Unavailable Research Directions, by Alejandro H. Artiles and 8 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Additional Features Audio Summary Current browse context: cs.AI < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-03 Change to browse by: cs cs.LG References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer?
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