George Ordiway
@georgeordiway.bsky.social
Postdoc at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute studying the neuroscience of birdsong and auditory perception. 🧪 Also a classical music nerd and DnD nerd and video game nerd.
Same goes for movies, which is why I find toddlers terrifying
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Same goes for movies, which is why I find toddlers terrifying
The inevitable consequence of surface-level familiarity with a piece of work:
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The inevitable consequence of surface-level familiarity with a piece of work:
I feel like the field is close. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... just a few months ago did a very thorough analysis of the developing pallium
Developmental origins and evolution of pallial cell types and structures in birds
Innovations in the pallium likely facilitated the evolution of advanced cognitive abilities in birds. We therefore scrutinized its cellular composition and evolution using cell type atlases from chick...
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October 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I feel like the field is close. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... just a few months ago did a very thorough analysis of the developing pallium
"Jeopardy!" Sabermetrics | Data Science Blog share.google/SpSKItd7DaCH...
It doesn't quite answer your question, but it's using the right metrics to start the process. My favorite part is the 50% final jeopardy success rate
It doesn't quite answer your question, but it's using the right metrics to start the process. My favorite part is the 50% final jeopardy success rate
"Jeopardy!" Sabermetrics
America's Favorite Trivia Game“Jeopardy!” is America's longest-running quiz show. Originally airing 1964-1975, its Alex-Trebek-hosted 1984 reboot has become a staple of syndicated TV, airing over sev...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Jeopardy!" Sabermetrics | Data Science Blog share.google/SpSKItd7DaCH...
It doesn't quite answer your question, but it's using the right metrics to start the process. My favorite part is the 50% final jeopardy success rate
It doesn't quite answer your question, but it's using the right metrics to start the process. My favorite part is the 50% final jeopardy success rate
However. It's the perfect "but wait, there's more!" way to connect one idea to another and keep the reader engaged. However, it backfires when every sentence demands a revaluation. Regardless, it is all too easy to get stuck in this cadence and have to revise the last few paragraphs.
September 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
However. It's the perfect "but wait, there's more!" way to connect one idea to another and keep the reader engaged. However, it backfires when every sentence demands a revaluation. Regardless, it is all too easy to get stuck in this cadence and have to revise the last few paragraphs.
I think this is my favorite thread in all of Bluesky.
September 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I think this is my favorite thread in all of Bluesky.
Maybe which came first, the pencil or the eraser?
The roof or the ceiling?
The roof or the ceiling?
September 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Maybe which came first, the pencil or the eraser?
The roof or the ceiling?
The roof or the ceiling?
xkcd.com/1383/ relevant xkcd because there's always a relevant xkcd.
September 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
xkcd.com/1383/ relevant xkcd because there's always a relevant xkcd.
Who knows if that pithy comment will survive peer review. I, for one, would prefer units of football fields. Perhaps elephants.
August 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Who knows if that pithy comment will survive peer review. I, for one, would prefer units of football fields. Perhaps elephants.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39730206/
Found one example, there are likely more!
Found one example, there are likely more!
A Complex Acoustical Environment During Development Enhances Auditory Perception and Coding Efficiency in the Zebra Finch - PubMed
Sensory experience during development has lasting effects on perception and neural processing. Exposing juvenile animals to artificial stimuli influences the tuning and functional organization of the ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39730206/
Found one example, there are likely more!
Found one example, there are likely more!