Chaz Firestone
@chazfirestone.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist studying how we see + think @ Johns Hopkins University. 🇨🇦
Lab: https://perception.jhu.edu/
Lab: https://perception.jhu.edu/
i had "i'll believe in anything" playing on repeat 20 years ago!! this might be the only time in my life i've been ahead of a music trend
January 19, 2026 at 8:31 PM
i had "i'll believe in anything" playing on repeat 20 years ago!! this might be the only time in my life i've been ahead of a music trend
mid-aught canadian indie high schoolers losing their minds
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
mid-aught canadian indie high schoolers losing their minds
agree bsky.app/profile/chaz...
😱 the plot thickens! see this image sent to me by some people on the other website. who knew what a rabbit hole this would be…
January 12, 2026 at 4:46 AM
agree bsky.app/profile/chaz...
sad. i can be sad
January 5, 2026 at 4:46 AM
sad. i can be sad
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this reminds me that I should tell Jeremy Goodman that he was right and I was wrong about this, I tried to work on it for a while and the common knowledge case does create a ton of complications that don't arise for K-omega
bsky.app/profile/jere...
bsky.app/profile/jere...
Now out in @science.org: @chazfirestone.bsky.social and I review Steven Pinker's new book "When Everyone Knows that Everyone Knows...". We learned a ton from it, but think its central thesis—that common knowledge explains coordination—faces a powerful challenge. 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Knowledge for two
A psychologist explores common knowledge and coordination
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
this reminds me that I should tell Jeremy Goodman that he was right and I was wrong about this, I tried to work on it for a while and the common knowledge case does create a ton of complications that don't arise for K-omega
bsky.app/profile/jere...
bsky.app/profile/jere...
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BDH has done a vastly better job than the NYT so far. (You wouldn't be surprised.)
December 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
BDH has done a vastly better job than the NYT so far. (You wouldn't be surprised.)
my 5-year-old can do like one bar max and suddenly i’m worried the earth was created 6000 years ago
December 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
my 5-year-old can do like one bar max and suddenly i’m worried the earth was created 6000 years ago
(the cookie was made by my graduate student and the judge was my 5 year old so i have mixed feelings about this situation)
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
(the cookie was made by my graduate student and the judge was my 5 year old so i have mixed feelings about this situation)
soon to be youngest tenured gopher in town!!
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
soon to be youngest tenured gopher in town!!