Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

New voices – Scott Elias

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Miguel challenged us to find new voices.

Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing.

Today’s new voice: Scott Elias, Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?

Scott is an assistant principal in Greeley, Colorado and new doctoral student. He also has been a math and statistics teacher, a data analyst for a Big 3 accounting firm, and a building-level technology integrationist. Here are a few posts to get you started:

Q&A on a Tuesday

My viral marketing campaign continues…

“Do we have to take notes on this?”

Starting small

Previous new voice: Kelly Christopherson

Happy reading!

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How “somatic markers” can transform your decision-making

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A black and white image of a bunch of spheres, symbolizing the multiverse concept discussed by scientists.

Starts With A Bang

How logic and reasoning can fail as scientific tools

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Life

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Ohio’s Circleville ditched the grid system. Then it got squared.

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Starts With A Bang

Flagship NASA space telescope faces a penny-pinching death

NASA’s only flagship X-ray telescope ever, Chandra, still works and has no planned successor. So why does the President want to kill it?

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