Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen.net
Researcher at CNRS (France). Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era.
More active in the Fediverse: https://scholar.social/@khinsen
More active in the Fediverse: https://scholar.social/@khinsen
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AI hype letter remains open for more signatures tinyurl.com/Sign-Letter-...
CryptPad
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November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
AI hype letter remains open for more signatures tinyurl.com/Sign-Letter-...
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Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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Played with @khinsen.net's hypedoc today. Wow, really good. @tomasp.net u would like. ALT + CLICK on most elements to reveal the source code, all the source code elements are hyperlinked. So deep for exploration.
hyperdoc.khinsen.net/94FE4-microg...
hyperdoc.khinsen.net/94FE4-microg...
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Played with @khinsen.net's hypedoc today. Wow, really good. @tomasp.net u would like. ALT + CLICK on most elements to reveal the source code, all the source code elements are hyperlinked. So deep for exploration.
hyperdoc.khinsen.net/94FE4-microg...
hyperdoc.khinsen.net/94FE4-microg...
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Had a fun meeting with @ronentk.me and we set a simple landing page for @atproto.science 🧪
Take a look at atproto.science
Take a look at atproto.science
ATProto Science
atproto.science
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Had a fun meeting with @ronentk.me and we set a simple landing page for @atproto.science 🧪
Take a look at atproto.science
Take a look at atproto.science
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Finally transferring my mastodon book thread on Hasok Chang's Is Water H2O? Evidence, Realism and Pluralism over here. My notes are somewhat haphazard, just remarking on things I found interesting at first read. And the thread appears to end abruptly. Been a while; can't remember why.
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Finally transferring my mastodon book thread on Hasok Chang's Is Water H2O? Evidence, Realism and Pluralism over here. My notes are somewhat haphazard, just remarking on things I found interesting at first read. And the thread appears to end abruptly. Been a while; can't remember why.
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Totally agree – we need peer review for research software. At least the “artisanal” stuff – those small, medium-size scripts, notebooks, workflows that drive much science. Reviewing them would make results clearer, more reliable, and way more trustworthy.
#science #openscience #opensource
#science #openscience #opensource
New publication: "Reviewing research software"
Unlike experimental or theoretical methods, software is almost never peer reviewed. Maybe this should change. But is it possible at all?
doi.org/10.1109/MCSE...
Preprint: hal.science/hal-05274018
🧪 #openscience #metascience
Unlike experimental or theoretical methods, software is almost never peer reviewed. Maybe this should change. But is it possible at all?
doi.org/10.1109/MCSE...
Preprint: hal.science/hal-05274018
🧪 #openscience #metascience
Reviewing Research Software
Every research project in computational science requires writing some code, even if it’s only a few scripts. This code is instrumental in generating results, and often important for understanding in d...
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Totally agree – we need peer review for research software. At least the “artisanal” stuff – those small, medium-size scripts, notebooks, workflows that drive much science. Reviewing them would make results clearer, more reliable, and way more trustworthy.
#science #openscience #opensource
#science #openscience #opensource
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This is not an exaggeration.
Everything — *everything* — is downstream of energy. Our technological prowess is downstream of the massive power subsidies we have been getting from fossil fuels.
Everything — *everything* — is downstream of energy. Our technological prowess is downstream of the massive power subsidies we have been getting from fossil fuels.
You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is not an exaggeration.
Everything — *everything* — is downstream of energy. Our technological prowess is downstream of the massive power subsidies we have been getting from fossil fuels.
Everything — *everything* — is downstream of energy. Our technological prowess is downstream of the massive power subsidies we have been getting from fossil fuels.
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«The input does not cause the output in an authorial sense, much like input to a library search engine does not cause relevant articles and books to be written (Guest, 2025). The respective authors wrote those, not the search query!» via @olivia.science via#2 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social - thank you
important on LLMs for academics:
1️⃣ LLMs are usefully seen as lossy content-addressable systems
2️⃣ we can't automatically detect plagiarism
3️⃣ LLMs automate plagiarism & paper mills
4️⃣ we must protect literature from pollution
5️⃣ LLM use is a CoI
6️⃣ prompts do not cause output in authorial sense
1️⃣ LLMs are usefully seen as lossy content-addressable systems
2️⃣ we can't automatically detect plagiarism
3️⃣ LLMs automate plagiarism & paper mills
4️⃣ we must protect literature from pollution
5️⃣ LLM use is a CoI
6️⃣ prompts do not cause output in authorial sense
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
«The input does not cause the output in an authorial sense, much like input to a library search engine does not cause relevant articles and books to be written (Guest, 2025). The respective authors wrote those, not the search query!» via @olivia.science via#2 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social - thank you
New publication: "Reviewing research software"
Unlike experimental or theoretical methods, software is almost never peer reviewed. Maybe this should change. But is it possible at all?
doi.org/10.1109/MCSE...
Preprint: hal.science/hal-05274018
🧪 #openscience #metascience
Unlike experimental or theoretical methods, software is almost never peer reviewed. Maybe this should change. But is it possible at all?
doi.org/10.1109/MCSE...
Preprint: hal.science/hal-05274018
🧪 #openscience #metascience
Reviewing Research Software
Every research project in computational science requires writing some code, even if it’s only a few scripts. This code is instrumental in generating results, and often important for understanding in d...
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
New publication: "Reviewing research software"
Unlike experimental or theoretical methods, software is almost never peer reviewed. Maybe this should change. But is it possible at all?
doi.org/10.1109/MCSE...
Preprint: hal.science/hal-05274018
🧪 #openscience #metascience
Unlike experimental or theoretical methods, software is almost never peer reviewed. Maybe this should change. But is it possible at all?
doi.org/10.1109/MCSE...
Preprint: hal.science/hal-05274018
🧪 #openscience #metascience
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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I'm at #uist2025 presenting our new work with @jonathoda.bsky.social!
𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗸 is a computational substrate for end-user programming that makes it easy to implement programming experiences like programming by demonstration, collaborative editing and more!
tomasp.net/academic/pap...
𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗸 is a computational substrate for end-user programming that makes it easy to implement programming experiences like programming by demonstration, collaborative editing and more!
tomasp.net/academic/pap...
September 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I'm at #uist2025 presenting our new work with @jonathoda.bsky.social!
𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗸 is a computational substrate for end-user programming that makes it easy to implement programming experiences like programming by demonstration, collaborative editing and more!
tomasp.net/academic/pap...
𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗸 is a computational substrate for end-user programming that makes it easy to implement programming experiences like programming by demonstration, collaborative editing and more!
tomasp.net/academic/pap...
Question to Linux experts: Where does this weird pop-up come from that I get whenever pressing a deadkey on my keyboard? How can I disable it?
I see this since I updated from Debian 12 to Debian 13. I see it only in a few programs, such as xterm and Emacs, where it often covers text I need to see.
I see this since I updated from Debian 12 to Debian 13. I see it only in a few programs, such as xterm and Emacs, where it often covers text I need to see.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Question to Linux experts: Where does this weird pop-up come from that I get whenever pressing a deadkey on my keyboard? How can I disable it?
I see this since I updated from Debian 12 to Debian 13. I see it only in a few programs, such as xterm and Emacs, where it often covers text I need to see.
I see this since I updated from Debian 12 to Debian 13. I see it only in a few programs, such as xterm and Emacs, where it often covers text I need to see.
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In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals
In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation
www.chemistryworld.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
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One thing that fascists understand well is that social and traditional media are both media and need to be controlled to undermine democracy.
Meanwhile, in camp democracy no government seems to fathom this simple fact let alone act in consequence.
We need more strategy less meekness.
Meanwhile, in camp democracy no government seems to fathom this simple fact let alone act in consequence.
We need more strategy less meekness.
Andreessen Horowitz, which will be one of three firms to lead the acquisition of TikTok, is headed by Marc Andreessen, a Silicon Valley tech titan who considered himself to be "an unpaid intern" of Elon Musk's DOGE. But he's not the only major Trump ally involved with this deal
TikTok’s U.S. business would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz under a framework the U.S. and China are finalizing.
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One thing that fascists understand well is that social and traditional media are both media and need to be controlled to undermine democracy.
Meanwhile, in camp democracy no government seems to fathom this simple fact let alone act in consequence.
We need more strategy less meekness.
Meanwhile, in camp democracy no government seems to fathom this simple fact let alone act in consequence.
We need more strategy less meekness.
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"Epistemic oligarchies: capture and concentration through science reform", a new preprint by Sven Ulpts (not here), Sheena Bartscherer (also not here), @nicolecnelson.bsky.social and me. Read it here: zenodo.org/records/1713... 1/
Epistemic oligarchies: capture and concentration through science reform
In this paper we describe how current efforts to reform science create oligarchic power structures within science and prepare scientific products for the uptake by existing oligarchic actors like Big ...
zenodo.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Epistemic oligarchies: capture and concentration through science reform", a new preprint by Sven Ulpts (not here), Sheena Bartscherer (also not here), @nicolecnelson.bsky.social and me. Read it here: zenodo.org/records/1713... 1/
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LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later.
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
September 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later.
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
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Slides from my talk "Critical Architecture/Software Theory" at PPIG 2025 in Belgrade: tpetricek.github.io/Talks/2025/c...
The talk has been a great excuse to organize some more ideas, on top of my earlier article on the topic: tomasp.net/architecture/
The talk has been a great excuse to organize some more ideas, on top of my earlier article on the topic: tomasp.net/architecture/
September 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Slides from my talk "Critical Architecture/Software Theory" at PPIG 2025 in Belgrade: tpetricek.github.io/Talks/2025/c...
The talk has been a great excuse to organize some more ideas, on top of my earlier article on the topic: tomasp.net/architecture/
The talk has been a great excuse to organize some more ideas, on top of my earlier article on the topic: tomasp.net/architecture/
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I'm still a bit shocked at the attention because I expected something, but this is immense. 11k views on zenodo!? What? Thank you all! (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
Wondering if my new followers are into my research? Shall I do a thread of my work for you all? Do you like papers also like below? 🥰
Wondering if my new followers are into my research? Shall I do a thread of my work for you all? Do you like papers also like below? 🥰
Oh, gosh! It's out! Delighted with the process at Computational Brain & Behavior; thankful to all especially @irisvanrooij.bsky.social for inviting me to the workshop and Todd Wareham for editing it! Hope you enjoy:
What Makes a Good Theory, and How Do We Make a Theory Good? doi.org/10.1007/s421...
What Makes a Good Theory, and How Do We Make a Theory Good? doi.org/10.1007/s421...
September 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I'm still a bit shocked at the attention because I expected something, but this is immense. 11k views on zenodo!? What? Thank you all! (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
Wondering if my new followers are into my research? Shall I do a thread of my work for you all? Do you like papers also like below? 🥰
Wondering if my new followers are into my research? Shall I do a thread of my work for you all? Do you like papers also like below? 🥰
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Very cool postdoc opportunity (at intersection of physics, philosophy, and complex systems) ⬇️
Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy
Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
academicjobsonline.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very cool postdoc opportunity (at intersection of physics, philosophy, and complex systems) ⬇️
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Good scenario planning doesn’t predict. It…
- Models systemic forces
- Explores how they may collide to generate a wide range possibilities
- Prepares multiple contingency plans
Adaptation beats prediction in VUCA environments.
- Models systemic forces
- Explores how they may collide to generate a wide range possibilities
- Prepares multiple contingency plans
Adaptation beats prediction in VUCA environments.
Predictions feel safe. But 8m into 2025, some of The Economist’s most confident forecasts are already wobbling.
Why? Because the world is not linear. It’s a tangled web of feedback loops, emergent patterns & path dependencies.
#Complexity isn’t optional.
manlius.substack.com/p/the-past-t...
Why? Because the world is not linear. It’s a tangled web of feedback loops, emergent patterns & path dependencies.
#Complexity isn’t optional.
manlius.substack.com/p/the-past-t...
The paths and loops we miss: complexity lessons from The World Ahead 2025
AI, trade wars and energy shifts aren’t separate stories
manlius.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Good scenario planning doesn’t predict. It…
- Models systemic forces
- Explores how they may collide to generate a wide range possibilities
- Prepares multiple contingency plans
Adaptation beats prediction in VUCA environments.
- Models systemic forces
- Explores how they may collide to generate a wide range possibilities
- Prepares multiple contingency plans
Adaptation beats prediction in VUCA environments.
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"The central axis of this geopolitical struggle will not be the 20th century’s struggle between liberalism and authoritarianism, but a clash over the metabolic basis of modern industrial society."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
I think this piece is worth your time but I have quibbles & notes. 🧵
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
I think this piece is worth your time but I have quibbles & notes. 🧵
The Coming Ecological Cold War
Decarbonization isn’t just about technology and markets—it’s a geopolitical revolution.
foreignpolicy.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"The central axis of this geopolitical struggle will not be the 20th century’s struggle between liberalism and authoritarianism, but a clash over the metabolic basis of modern industrial society."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
I think this piece is worth your time but I have quibbles & notes. 🧵
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
I think this piece is worth your time but I have quibbles & notes. 🧵
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Our data stewards have started recommending that we no longer use US-based infrastructure for #openscience practices, given the risk of (near-future) censorship, from pre-print and data hosting to preregistration and more. That includes OSF.
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Our data stewards have started recommending that we no longer use US-based infrastructure for #openscience practices, given the risk of (near-future) censorship, from pre-print and data hosting to preregistration and more. That includes OSF.
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At the last NGI Forum, when asked what I would like to have next to address the threats of tech authoritarianism, I answered that the first thing I wanted was a European Commissioner in charge of Tech Sovereignty.
Was this too harsh? 🧵
Was this too harsh? 🧵
August 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
At the last NGI Forum, when asked what I would like to have next to address the threats of tech authoritarianism, I answered that the first thing I wanted was a European Commissioner in charge of Tech Sovereignty.
Was this too harsh? 🧵
Was this too harsh? 🧵
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Ah, so I discover on returning from holiday that @thenewworldmag.bsky.social has also published my piece on the current assault on truth. I intended it as a kind of taxonomy, to help make sense of the onslaught.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phillip-trum...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phillip-trum...
Trump's war on scientific truth
Ideologues don’t like science because it confronts them with truths they can’t dismiss. Donald Trump seems to think he has a workaround
www.thenewworld.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Ah, so I discover on returning from holiday that @thenewworldmag.bsky.social has also published my piece on the current assault on truth. I intended it as a kind of taxonomy, to help make sense of the onslaught.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phillip-trum...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phillip-trum...
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This is sort of part two to the far more enjoyable (to write and, hopefully, to read) essay "how to science a science with science". You might want to read that first.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/h...
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/h...
How to science a science with science
The purest description of the scientific method I ever saw was in a novel by Kurt Vonnegut. A workman discovers that if he puts a bucket full of nuts and bolts on one of the many supporting struts …
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is sort of part two to the far more enjoyable (to write and, hopefully, to read) essay "how to science a science with science". You might want to read that first.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/h...
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/h...