Místo problémů
Místo problémů
Vláďa Sedláček & Jonatan Kolegar
Neformální podcast o přemýšlení, řešení problémů, abstrakci a netradičních úhlech pohledu pro všechny, kteří se nespokojí s jednoduchým vnímáním světa. Varování: Může obsahovat netriviální množství humoru a matematiky, někdy i kombinovaně (expertíza v těchto oblastech však není očekávaná).
33: Board games and problems (Doug Bonar, Keith Spadez)
With board gaming veterans Doug and Keith, we explore: - the skills that gaming can teach us - high-level game designs and principles - the social aspect of gaming - our favorite gaming experiences   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (0:00) introduction (3:41) learning through games (08:38) breaking games down (24:26) cooperative games and replayability (34:45) gaming mechanisms and their evolution (41:16) the social aspect, luck and interaction (52:52) education and the value of games (1:12:40) gamification, parenting and problem solving   Links: - Board Game Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/ - Board Game Arena: https://en.boardgamearena.com/ - Barrage: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage - Brass: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham - Carnegie: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/310873/carnegie - Castles of Burgundy: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271320/the-castles-of-burgundy - Champions of Midgard: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172287/champions-of-midgard - Codenames: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames - The Crew: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine - Gloomhaven: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven - Grand Austria Hotel: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182874/grand-austria-hotel - Hanabi: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98778/hanabi - Inis: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis - Keyflower: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122515/keyflower - Lisboa: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa - Magic the Gathering: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-the-gathering - Marco Polo II: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283948/marco-polo-ii-in-the-service-of-the-khan - Nucleum: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum - Obsession: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231733/obsession - Old West Empresario: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/261342/old-west-empresario - Pandemic Legacy Season 1: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161936/pandemic-legacy-season-1 - Puerto Rico: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/108687/puerto-rico - Risk: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181/risk - Lost Ruins of Arnak: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312484/lost-ruins-of-arnak - Trajan: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102680/trajan - Trickerion: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163068/trickerion-legends-of-illusion - Twilight Imperium: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition
Aug 3, 2025
1 hr 25 min
32: Brian Pinsky - logic, linguistics, levitation
Brian is a logician pilot with linguistic insights. We will delve into: - why to keep logicians alive - what to put on aviation checklists - where humor influences education - how to ignore people better thanks to linguistics   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (0:00) introduction (2:56) Russell's Paradox and the Hilbert program (12:28) the importance of logic (17:21) engineering versus logic (30:08) the philosophy of safe flying (42:15) skillsets for different planes (55:40) parallels between flying and other fields (1:05:55) aviation checklists (1:18:00) humor and education (1:26:11) everyday linguistic applications (1:32:51) unusual hobbies   Links: - Russel's paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox - Gödel's incompleteness theorems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems - the collision that ended well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-air_collision - Checklist manifesto: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6667514-the-checklist-manifesto - Czech phonology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_phonology - trucker's hitch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucker's_hitch
Jun 1, 2025
1 hr 36 min
31: Dustin Young - history, chess, history of history, history of chess
Dustin Young is the president of the Rutgers chess club with an interest in historiography. We will explore: - what was Newton's take on religion - why study the interface of history, science, politics, and philosophy - where does chess come from and how it evolved - how to impress friends with a Taylor series party trick   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (0:00) introduction (0:56) historiography, Newton, and religion (17:31) natural philosophers and seperation of sciences (22:35) sources, bias, and motivation (36:03) cultures and approaches to chess (44:35) origin and developments of chess (57:15) no true objectivity   Links: - Newton project: https://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/ - council of Nicaea: https://www.britannica.com/event/First-Council-of-Nicaea-325 - De Morgan's laws: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/de-morgans-law/ - bongcloud: https://chess.fandom.com/wiki/Bongcloud - Taylor series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series - chaturanga: https://www.chess.com/terms/chaturanga-game - xiangqi: https://www.xiangqi.com/history
Mar 5, 2025
58 min
30: Alex Kontorovich - Outreach, outsiders, and obeisance
Alex Kontorovich is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University with lots of experience in teaching and outreach. In our talk, we will touch on diverse topics, including: - why care about math (and its history) - what can outsiders bring to the table - how useful it is to be the dumbest in the room - where music meets math and where it doesn't   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (0:00) introduction (00:46) problems, proofs, and thinking styles (13:16) outreach, motivation, and explaining concepts (28:06) interdisciplinarity and outsiders (33:30) people teaching computers and vice versa (39:52) stamina, humility, music, and gratitude   Links: - MoMath: https://momath.org/ - Natural Number Game: https://adam.math.hhu.de/#/g/leanprover-community/nng4 - Lean in the browser: https://live.lean-lang.org/ - Prime Number Theorem project: https://github.com/AlexKontorovich/PrimeNumberTheoremAnd - other Lean projects: https://leanprover-community.github.io/lean_projects.html - polymath projects: https://polymathprojects.org/ - Alex's website: https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~alexk/
Jan 23, 2025
48 min
29: Julián Hernández-Serrano - science, survival, and storytelling
In this condensed episode, Julián Hernández-Serrano employs his diverse backgrounds and personal experience to share with us: - how can good narratives help us solve problems - what can hurricanes teach us - why should we be careful when coding - when to ground ourselves in the center   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (0:00) introduction (2:28) capitalizing on different backgrounds (7:57) Puerto Rican environment and survivalist mindset (13:32) using storytelling for problem solving (22:30) a favorite story (26:42) systematizing experiments on narratives (33:55) the impact of the internet (36:44) the importance of staying in the center   Links: - Roger Schank: https://www.rogerschank.com/What-We-Learn-When-We-Learn-by-Doing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Ah3Om-sFY - Stories in problem solving: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226534846_Case-based_reasoning_and_instructional_design_Using_stories_to_support_problem_solving, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227714410_The_effects_of_case_libraries_on_problem_solving - Julián's mail: [email protected]
Nov 29, 2023
43 min
28: André Hernández-Espiet - Euclid, employment and education
André Hernández-Espiet formalizes Euclid's Elements in the proof assistant Lean. He will offer some thoughts on: - what principles are essential when coding up geometry in a rigorous way - why is graduate school a scam - which skills and approaches are useful both in academia and the industry - how can early access to education influence your life   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (0:00) introduction (3:49) Lean and getting into it (7:20) axiomatic systems and different geometries (19:33) practical aspects and benefits of using Lean (34:56) Lean communities and communication across fields (47:23) decoupling of math from its applications (55:38) thoughts on grad school and transitioning to the industry (1:05:51) networking and nepotism (1:17:46) impact of math on personal life (1:29:18) growing up in Puerto Rico   Links: - André's formalization of the first book of Euclid's Elements: https://github.com/ah1112/synthetic_euclid_4 - Lean blog post series: https://www.vladasedlacek.cz/en/posts/lean-01-intro - Spherical triangles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_trigonometry - The Erdős Institute: https://www.erdosinstitute.org/ - Blog of Alice Silverberg: https://numberlandadventures.blogspot.com/ - 3Blue1Brown: https://www.3blue1brown.com/ - Numberphile: https://www.numberphile.com/ - Project Euler: https://projecteuler.net/ - Cryptohack: https://cryptohack.org/ - Better explained: https://betterexplained.com/ - Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/ - Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
Nov 10, 2023
1 hr 50 min
27: Ian Jauslin - crystals, complications, and curiosity
With mathematical physicist Ian Jauslin, we explore both scientific and personal topics, including: - whether our universe could be nonlocal - why not to put people and concepts into boxes - what can math look like when approached organically - how to constantly keep learning   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Timestamps: (00:00) introduction (02:46) bosons and superfluidity (05:46) crystallization (17:30) math/physics interplay (20:48) Bell's inequality (34:12) consequences of nonlocality (39:04) quantum cryptography (45:12) putting people and concepts in boxes (52:52) Bourbaki vs. organic education (1:01:28) applicability and approach to research (1:06:53) outreach (1:16:30) curiosity (1:21:25) efficiency, vim, and keyboard layouts (1:30:07) failures in research, time management (1:37:24) easy life and definition of success (1:41:40) problem-solving strategies (1:45:52) a final plea   Links: - Ian's webpage: http://ian.jauslin.org/ - YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5OD3zd3Ds0Syf6s6cYemIw - Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paper: https://iep.utm.edu/wp-content/media/epr-pdf.pdf - Nicolas Bourbaki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki - Bell's inequality: http://scholarpedia.org/article/Bell%27s_theorem - vim: https://www.vim.org/ - Committee of Concerned Scientists: https://concernedscientists.org/
Sep 14, 2023
1 hr 48 min
26: Jitka Petřeková - předci, paměti a politika
S etnografkou a Karlovjankou Jitkou Petřekovou si klademe otázky ohledně sounáležitosti s rodinou, místem, a tradicemi. Dozvíme se: - co nám může dát propojení s domovem - proč nechodit po všech cestách a dvorech - jak se dostat do komunální politiky - kde brát energii mít rád lidi   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Časové značky: (00:00) úvod (03:28) etnologie a její přínos (08:16) prokletí Janů (15:18) Stopy lidského umu (23:06) rodinná paměť (28:16) cesta ke kořenům (37:18) genealogie, chyby a objevy (44:34) respekt, turistika a kultura (52:33) komunální politika (01:06:45) feminismus, empatie a upřímnost (01:16:34) reflexe a zpomalení (1:22:19) vysněný projekt   Odkazy: Stopy lidského umu: https://stopyumu.cz/ Žiju Velké Karlovice: https://www.facebook.com/zijuvelkekarlovice/
Jun 2, 2023
1 hr 27 min
25: Karolína Bretová - myši, mozky a medicína
V tomto kratším dílu s Karolínou Bretovou prozkoumáme: - kdy je lepší nervy podvázat a kdy přestřihnout - čím se řídí etika výzkumu na zvířatech - proč se obarvují tkáně - jak pracovat s děláním chyb   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Časové značky: (00:00) úvod (00:40) bolest a nervy (05:43) práce se zvířaty (13:17) barvení tkání a dovednosti (21:24) dělání chyb (27:43) problémy v medicíně a srovnání systémů (33:08) překonávání překážek   Odkazy: - Checklist manifesto: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6667514-the-checklist-manifesto - Bude to bolet, doktore?: https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/bude-to-bolet-doktore-379467 - Mozkové omalovánky: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=neuroscience+coloring+book&t=newext&atb=v316-1&iax=images&ia=images
May 2, 2023
35 min
24: Tereza Agnes Pokorná - budování, bonita a bungalovy
Tereza Agnes Pokorná se věnuje stavebnictví a architektuře pracovně i ve volném čase. Zjistíme: - podle čeho si vybírat bydlení - proč jsou budovy nemocné a morálně zastarávají - jak se správně kácí vodojem - kolikrát ročně lze využít vertikutátor   Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/ FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/   Časové značky: (00:00) úvod (00:48) architektura a stavebnictví, efektivní komunikace (09:07) cesta k oboru a veřejná informovanost (19:38) osobní optika, nemocné budovy a alergie (27:39) statika, empirismus a metoda konečných prvků (34:19) inspirace z historie, vysněný projekt a projekce názorů (41:02) budovy v kontextu krajiny, efektivity a udržitelnosti (53:19) jak přemýšlet o volbě bydlení (1:06:31) cirkulární ekonomika, materiály a morální zastarávání (1:18:30) Kutění, kreativní koníčky a osobní názory   Odkazy: - Knihovna věcí: https://knihovnaveci.mladiinfo.cz - Brněnský FabLab: https://www.fablabbrno.cz
Mar 31, 2023
1 hr 29 min
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