#TDOD (The Dynamics Of Dominance) --- SynTalk
SynTalk27 Mai 2017

#TDOD (The Dynamics Of Dominance) --- SynTalk

Do chimpanzees play politics? Why do we act spitefully or ‘altruistically’? Is one human being equal to another? Is power without hegemony possible? Is there always an established social order? Is competition for resources scrambles or contests? Is nature a good guide to explain human behaviour? Is culture a result of adaptation? Are orders of dominance always subject to change? When are leaders and subordinates coupled? Does equilibrium selection depend upon whether a game is sequential or simultaneous? Why is it difficult to give a non-patterned response to the leader? Are there compensations for being subordinated? Do subjects contribute to their domination? Are some equilibrium stable even if the initial conditions (e.g. scarcity) change? Does strategy mutate? Are dominance systems (from egalitarian to despotic) species-specific? How does bloody or bloodless rebellion occur? What makes threats credible? Is it rational to be selectively irrational? Can social systems change suddenly? Is hierarchy overturned without creating a new one? Is it possible for one person to control the whole world? Would there always be the powerful and the powerless? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using concepts from sociology (Prof. Satish Deshpande, University of Delhi, New Delhi), game theory (Dr. Ankur A. Kulkarni, IIT Bombay, Mumbai), & biopsychology (Prof. Mewa Singh, University of Mysore, Mysore). Listen in....

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#TART (The Atypical Reality Types) --- SynTalk

#TART (The Atypical Reality Types) --- SynTalk

Is that you on stage? Is the table human? Is existence necessarily a part of (even, physical) reality? Is there only one thing (brahma)? Does poetry depict reality? How is literature different from pa...

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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 Apr 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 Mar 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 Feb 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 Des 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 Des 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 Sep 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 Aug 20251h 8min

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