Computational theories should be made with natural language instead of meaningless code

Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Oct 10:46:e332. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23001231.

Abstract

The target article claims that we should speak in code to understand property, because natural language is too ambiguous. Yet the best computer programmers tell us the opposite: Arbitrary code is too ambiguous, so we should use natural language for variables, functions, and classes. I discuss how meaningless code makes Boyer's theory too enigmatic to properly debate.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

  • Language*
  • Programming Languages*