#TCAFG (The Coarse And Fine Grained) --- SynTalk
SynTalk2 Helmi 2020

#TCAFG (The Coarse And Fine Grained) --- SynTalk

How do you like your Matcha? Why do fine and coarse materials behave very differently? Is surface texture usually a sign of sub-structures? How does rock become clay? Is dry clay enough to understand wet clay? Could tea be smoked? Is it simple to keep every spoonful of your morning cereal mix similar? Do pure dry solids ‘flow’ in layers and parts? Is soil a definitive sign of life? How are dust and coarse-leaf teas different? Does mechanical agitation organize matter differently from Brownian motion? How/why does swelling happen? Can mechanical grinding lead to fine structural (chemistry) changes? Does fineness evolve life ‘around’ it by offering its ample ‘surface area’? What is a tea bag? Would you be able to easily tell (moving) life & non-life apart under a microscope? Could microbes induce life into fine matter? How does refinement happen? Why do water drops jump to contact when brought close together? What flocks? What ‘flocs’? What lies ahead? Would we deploy small active rotors & ‘swimmers’ to change materials? &, will we one day understand the fundamental physics of all open pattern-forming systems? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using concepts from active matter physics (Prof. Sriram Ramaswamy, IISc, Bangalore), geotechnical engineering (Prof. D. N. Singh, IIT Bombay, Mumbai), & chemical engineering (Prof. Gurmeet Singh, Trans-Disciplinary University, Bangalore). Listen in...

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#TEOEE (The Echo Of Extreme Experiences) --- SynTalk

#TEOEE (The Echo Of Extreme Experiences) --- SynTalk

Who writes autobiographies? Is movement a choice for you? Do you plan to go back home? Have you had to leave ‘home’, forever, with fish still frying in the pan? Are you under chronic stress? Are viole...

16 Huhti 1h 19min

#TNATP (The Narrator And The Proscenium) --- SynTalk

#TNATP (The Narrator And The Proscenium) --- SynTalk

Are you a narr-actor or a spect-actor? Are you best placed to narrate your own story? Why do those things not get talked about? Do narrations create selves? Can one perceive differently than one sees?...

11 Maalis 1h 13min

#TTEHOW (The To-Each-Her-Own World) --- SynTalk

#TTEHOW (The To-Each-Her-Own World) --- SynTalk

How standard are you? What does it mean to be an Individual? Are you a Hutterite? Must charities be voluntary? What about orphans? Should the State tell us what to do? What might absence of State lead...

15 Helmi 1h 14min

#TPLOD (The Plunge Lines Of Diversity) --- SynTalk

#TPLOD (The Plunge Lines Of Diversity) --- SynTalk

Has it always been the Anthropocene? Do you care about the ‘powerless’ Nicobar? How old is biodiversity? Why does anyone want to be a conservationist? What is the kind of variety that we wish to prese...

20 Joulu 20251h 24min

#TRAP (The Rhythms And Perturbations) --- SynTalk

#TRAP (The Rhythms And Perturbations) --- SynTalk

Are our brains log-normal? Why is breathing rhythmic? Why is there a hum in the universe? Do our hearts beat chaotically? Are the (stock) markets random and ‘unbounded’? What is a market? How is Mercu...

6 Joulu 20251h 14min

#TEOR (The Effects Of Rights) --- SynTalk

#TEOR (The Effects Of Rights) --- SynTalk

Are you a born criminal? Is genocide ever justified? Is meritocracy a ‘garbage’ concept? What are the entitlements that you have by virtue of being a human being? Do rights exist because the State exi...

6 Syys 20251h 15min

#TEST (The Entangled Sweet Tooth) --- SynTalk

#TEST (The Entangled Sweet Tooth) --- SynTalk

How many meals do you have time for? Why do sweets make you happy? Does fruit sugar (fructose) need insulin? Why does sugar spike? Are oranges and grapes differently sweet? Has sugar always been a tra...

30 Elo 20251h 8min

#TGIP (The Goddesses In Particular) --- SynTalk

#TGIP (The Goddesses In Particular) --- SynTalk

How do you look at women? Do Goddesses follow Gods? Is the ultimate Reality an ‘It’? What’s the relationship between matter and energy? Are dualities necessarily conflictual? Is Eve inferior to Adam? ...

4 Tammi 20251h 17min

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