Jukka Hintikka
@ensiok.bsky.social
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Public health, microbes, omics, chemistry, computational science, and existential crises
https://fi.linkedin.com/in/jukka-hintikka-9aa9171a0
Public health, microbes, omics, chemistry, computational science, and existential crises
https://fi.linkedin.com/in/jukka-hintikka-9aa9171a0
Suck it up, charlie
September 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Suck it up, charlie
Wonder why no one wants to review anymore? @springernature.com had to wait for a week before making such a move, when I've just finished with my report.
We do reviews out of reciprocal pressure and the kindness of our heart. There's absolutely no payment or even academic clout on the line for us.
We do reviews out of reciprocal pressure and the kindness of our heart. There's absolutely no payment or even academic clout on the line for us.
June 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wonder why no one wants to review anymore? @springernature.com had to wait for a week before making such a move, when I've just finished with my report.
We do reviews out of reciprocal pressure and the kindness of our heart. There's absolutely no payment or even academic clout on the line for us.
We do reviews out of reciprocal pressure and the kindness of our heart. There's absolutely no payment or even academic clout on the line for us.
These tossers really live in their own little reality
June 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
These tossers really live in their own little reality
A recent surprise paper in JACC:Advances, funded by a tech bro with no relevant qualifications, has had keto-zealots and Fox News heads soyfacing, which always begets an impression of impropriety.
In short, the article is bad and possibly dangerous. 1/
In short, the article is bad and possibly dangerous. 1/
May 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A recent surprise paper in JACC:Advances, funded by a tech bro with no relevant qualifications, has had keto-zealots and Fox News heads soyfacing, which always begets an impression of impropriety.
In short, the article is bad and possibly dangerous. 1/
In short, the article is bad and possibly dangerous. 1/
She's digging her brush
April 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
She's digging her brush
Thinking about the time my astronomy professor showed this picture of a sunspot with earth for scale and gave me 3 subsequent weeks of existential terror.
April 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Thinking about the time my astronomy professor showed this picture of a sunspot with earth for scale and gave me 3 subsequent weeks of existential terror.
se menee hieman ylitse
April 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
se menee hieman ylitse
Ylpeänä ilmoitan että olen ehdolla kunta- ja aluevaaleissa 2025.
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ylpeänä ilmoitan että olen ehdolla kunta- ja aluevaaleissa 2025.
The new meta AI is dope
March 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The new meta AI is dope
Orban may whine about globalists all he wants - "Huxit" is not feasible as long as his stagnated etnonationalist potato empire is tightly suckling on EU teat
March 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Orban may whine about globalists all he wants - "Huxit" is not feasible as long as his stagnated etnonationalist potato empire is tightly suckling on EU teat
"Is it safe to use ChatGPT for your task" by Aleksander Tulkanov. Simple is beautiful:
March 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
"Is it safe to use ChatGPT for your task" by Aleksander Tulkanov. Simple is beautiful:
No, not until we have caught the ice cream men who drown people and cause all the forest fires
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No, not until we have caught the ice cream men who drown people and cause all the forest fires
A garbage study funded AND published by RFK Jr's goons is currently making the rounds in anti-intellectual circles. They particularly love the deceptive barplot. I've tried to pre-emptively summarize this shitshow.
January 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A garbage study funded AND published by RFK Jr's goons is currently making the rounds in anti-intellectual circles. They particularly love the deceptive barplot. I've tried to pre-emptively summarize this shitshow.
Skeptical Christmas, door 22:
The threats to human wisdom today echo those of the dark ages: Pursuit of power trumps pursuit of wisdom. Belief and emotion trump curiosity and evidence. Some environmental factors are different: Floods of useless data, disinformation, and rising inequality.
The threats to human wisdom today echo those of the dark ages: Pursuit of power trumps pursuit of wisdom. Belief and emotion trump curiosity and evidence. Some environmental factors are different: Floods of useless data, disinformation, and rising inequality.
December 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Skeptical Christmas, door 22:
The threats to human wisdom today echo those of the dark ages: Pursuit of power trumps pursuit of wisdom. Belief and emotion trump curiosity and evidence. Some environmental factors are different: Floods of useless data, disinformation, and rising inequality.
The threats to human wisdom today echo those of the dark ages: Pursuit of power trumps pursuit of wisdom. Belief and emotion trump curiosity and evidence. Some environmental factors are different: Floods of useless data, disinformation, and rising inequality.
A skeptical christmas. Door 19:
Scientist are not suddenly getting "political". There is not field of science that exists outside politics. If you create overaching results in health/social/environmental science you damn better be ready to get political.
Scientist are not suddenly getting "political". There is not field of science that exists outside politics. If you create overaching results in health/social/environmental science you damn better be ready to get political.
December 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
A skeptical christmas. Door 19:
Scientist are not suddenly getting "political". There is not field of science that exists outside politics. If you create overaching results in health/social/environmental science you damn better be ready to get political.
Scientist are not suddenly getting "political". There is not field of science that exists outside politics. If you create overaching results in health/social/environmental science you damn better be ready to get political.
Skeptical christmas, door 18:
Be vigilant of misinformation and misconceptions online! Lots of it intentional bullshit spread by bad actors. To learn what disinformation campaigns you might be encountering, follow @disinfo.eu
Be vigilant of misinformation and misconceptions online! Lots of it intentional bullshit spread by bad actors. To learn what disinformation campaigns you might be encountering, follow @disinfo.eu
December 18, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Skeptical christmas, door 18:
Be vigilant of misinformation and misconceptions online! Lots of it intentional bullshit spread by bad actors. To learn what disinformation campaigns you might be encountering, follow @disinfo.eu
Be vigilant of misinformation and misconceptions online! Lots of it intentional bullshit spread by bad actors. To learn what disinformation campaigns you might be encountering, follow @disinfo.eu
Skeptical christmas day 16: False balancies are everywhere, not least because of the shortcomings of media. Familiarize yourself with your blind spots and seek information from scientific institutions.
December 16, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Skeptical christmas day 16: False balancies are everywhere, not least because of the shortcomings of media. Familiarize yourself with your blind spots and seek information from scientific institutions.
Skeptical christmas, door 12:
Things are almost always caused by a cascade of interacting variables. Familiarize yourself with the Hill criteria and Ronald Giere's framework to combat simplistic fallacies about causality.
Things are almost always caused by a cascade of interacting variables. Familiarize yourself with the Hill criteria and Ronald Giere's framework to combat simplistic fallacies about causality.
December 12, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Skeptical christmas, door 12:
Things are almost always caused by a cascade of interacting variables. Familiarize yourself with the Hill criteria and Ronald Giere's framework to combat simplistic fallacies about causality.
Things are almost always caused by a cascade of interacting variables. Familiarize yourself with the Hill criteria and Ronald Giere's framework to combat simplistic fallacies about causality.
Calendar door 11: The power of statistics is in revealing the effects of e.g. time or exposure from beneath the noise of confounders. Correct use of statistics demands the consideration of covariates and usage of proper metrics.
December 11, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Calendar door 11: The power of statistics is in revealing the effects of e.g. time or exposure from beneath the noise of confounders. Correct use of statistics demands the consideration of covariates and usage of proper metrics.
Skeptical christmas doors 8-9: What is data? Observations collected from our surrounding, signals recorded by a device. Information is derived from data through intellectual and physical work done by humans
December 9, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Skeptical christmas doors 8-9: What is data? Observations collected from our surrounding, signals recorded by a device. Information is derived from data through intellectual and physical work done by humans
A skeptical christmas, door 7:
Scientific process is the collective effort of people to probe reality and discover truths. Scientists are its henchmen, and they are also public servants. Go pester your local scientist with questions today
Scientific process is the collective effort of people to probe reality and discover truths. Scientists are its henchmen, and they are also public servants. Go pester your local scientist with questions today
December 7, 2024 at 11:11 AM
A skeptical christmas, door 7:
Scientific process is the collective effort of people to probe reality and discover truths. Scientists are its henchmen, and they are also public servants. Go pester your local scientist with questions today
Scientific process is the collective effort of people to probe reality and discover truths. Scientists are its henchmen, and they are also public servants. Go pester your local scientist with questions today
A skeptical christmas, day 6:
On Dec 6th we celebrate 🇫🇮 Finnish independence 🇫🇮 and also Finnish achievements in philosophy. Critical scientific realism was proposed by Ilkka Niiniluoto in his 2002 opus: While some truths in the world are objective and independent, their observation is not.
On Dec 6th we celebrate 🇫🇮 Finnish independence 🇫🇮 and also Finnish achievements in philosophy. Critical scientific realism was proposed by Ilkka Niiniluoto in his 2002 opus: While some truths in the world are objective and independent, their observation is not.
December 6, 2024 at 12:09 PM
A skeptical christmas, day 6:
On Dec 6th we celebrate 🇫🇮 Finnish independence 🇫🇮 and also Finnish achievements in philosophy. Critical scientific realism was proposed by Ilkka Niiniluoto in his 2002 opus: While some truths in the world are objective and independent, their observation is not.
On Dec 6th we celebrate 🇫🇮 Finnish independence 🇫🇮 and also Finnish achievements in philosophy. Critical scientific realism was proposed by Ilkka Niiniluoto in his 2002 opus: While some truths in the world are objective and independent, their observation is not.