> In Dr Lichtarge’s view, hypothesis-generation software works in part because science writing tends to be free of humour, sarcasm and “emotive or literary over

> In Dr Lichtarge’s view, hypothesis-generation software works in part because science writing tends to be free of humour, sarcasm and “emotive or literary overlay” that could trip it up. This looks like a decent argument to create some sort of publication language for science that describes hypotheses, methods, results and their linkages. Something a bit more formal and less varied that English that could be easily processed.