{"ID":2836033,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07881","arxiv_id":"2512.07881","title":"Revised comment on the paper titled \"The Origin of Quantum Mechanical Statistics: Insights from Research on Human Language","abstract":"This short note comments on \\citet{Aerts2024Origin}, which proposes that ranked word frequencies in texts should be read through the lens of Bose--Einstein (BE) statistics and even used to illuminate the origin of quantum statistics in physics. The core message here is modest: the paper offers an interesting analogy and an eye-catching fit, but several key steps mix physical claims with definitions and curve-fitting choices. We highlight three such points: (i) a normalization issue that is presented as \"bosonic enhancement\", (ii) an identification of rank with energy that makes the BE fit only weakly diagnostic of an underlying mechanism, and (iii) a baseline comparison that is too weak to support an ontological conclusion. We also briefly flag a few additional concerns (interpretation drift, parameter semantics, and reproducibility).","short_abstract":"This short note comments on \\citet{Aerts2024Origin}, which proposes that ranked word frequencies in texts should be read through the lens of Bose--Einstein (BE) statistics and even used to illuminate the origin of quantum statistics in physics. The core message here is modest: the paper offers an interesting analogy an...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07881","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.07881v1","authors":"[\"Mikołaj Sienicki\",\"Krzysztof Sienicki\"]","published":"2025-11-27T15:34:13Z","proceeding":"q-bio.NC","tasks":"[\"q-bio.NC\",\"physics.hist-ph\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}