Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

BlogBall09 – Mid-season update

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For those of you who are curious, here are the standings in our two edublogger fantasy baseball leagues at the All-Star break:

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Starts With A Bang

10 thoughtful insights about the great cosmic unknowns

An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.

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Business

Moneyball on steroids: Can AI grant us 20/20 foresight?

Hindsight can cloud our predictive abilities but big data can de-mist forecasting — now AI is sharpening that focus.

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Business

Insight from hindsight: Become a “historian of your own life”

David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.

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High Culture

From fan to showrunner: How “House of the Dragon” creator Ryan Condal landed TV’s biggest job

Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.

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Ask Ethan: Are we expanding along with the Universe?

The mutual distance between well-separated galaxies increases with time as the Universe expands. What else expands, and what doesn’t?

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