#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Regenerate _similarity.md: papers ranked by shared idea engagement. Two papers are similar when their stance edges (first-mention/argues-for/ argues-against/nuances/tests) target overlapping idea sets. High similarity in this map rarely means redundancy — it surfaces twins (same program), rivals (fighting over the same claims), and founder-successor pairs. python3 _scripts/make_similarity.py """ import glob import itertools import os import re VAULT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) MIN_SHARED = 3 # pairs table MIN_IDEAS_NN = 4 # nearest-neighbor section: skip papers with tiny sets TOP_PAIRS = 40 def main() -> None: sets = {} for p in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(VAULT, "papers", "*.md"))): stem = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(p))[0] s = set() for line in open(p, encoding="utf-8"): m = re.match(r"^(first-mention|argues-for|argues-against|nuances|tests)::\s*\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]", line) if m: s.add(m.group(2)) if len(s) >= 2: sets[stem] = s pairs = [] for a, b in itertools.combinations(sorted(sets), 2): inter = sets[a] & sets[b] if len(inter) >= MIN_SHARED: jac = len(inter) / len(sets[a] | sets[b]) pairs.append((jac, len(inter), a, b, inter)) pairs.sort(key=lambda x: (-x[0], -x[1], x[2])) # nearest neighbor per paper (>=1 shared idea) nn = {} for a in sets: best = None for b in sets: if a == b: continue inter = sets[a] & sets[b] if not inter: continue jac = len(inter) / len(sets[a] | sets[b]) if best is None or (jac, len(inter)) > (best[0], best[1]): best = (jac, len(inter), b) if best and len(sets[a]) >= MIN_IDEAS_NN: nn[a] = best lines = [ "---", "tags: [meta]", "---", "", "# Paper similarity — shared idea engagement", "", "Generated by `_scripts/make_similarity.py` from stance edges; do not edit.", "Jaccard = shared ideas / union of both papers' idea sets. High similarity", "here usually means twins (same program), rivals (same disputed claims), or", "founder–successor pairs — not redundancy.", "", f"## Top pairs (≥{MIN_SHARED} shared ideas)", "", "| J | Shared | Paper | Paper | Shared ideas |", "|---|---|---|---|---|", ] for jac, n, a, b, inter in pairs[:TOP_PAIRS]: ideas = ", ".join(f"[[{i}]]" for i in sorted(inter)) lines.append(f"| {jac:.2f} | {n} | [[{a}]] | [[{b}]] | {ideas} |") lines += [ "", f"## Nearest neighbor per paper (papers with ≥{MIN_IDEAS_NN} idea edges)", "", "| Paper | Nearest neighbor | J | Shared |", "|---|---|---|---|", ] for a in sorted(nn, key=lambda x: (-nn[x][0], x)): jac, n, b = nn[a] lines.append(f"| [[{a}]] | [[{b}]] | {jac:.2f} | {n} |") out = os.path.join(VAULT, "_similarity.md") open(out, "w", encoding="utf-8").write("\n".join(lines) + "\n") print(f"wrote {min(len(pairs), TOP_PAIRS)} pairs (+{len(nn)} nearest-neighbor rows) to _similarity.md") if __name__ == "__main__": main()