Soup, salad, or sandwich? Physics has the answer | Madelyn Leembruggen | TEDxDayton

What's more interesting: learning about the phases of matter or thinking about what you're going to have for lunch? Now you can do both! Physicist Madelyn shares her hypothesis that all foods can be categorized as a soup, salad, or sandwich, and walks you through the scientific reasoning to prove it. This fun talk is guaranteed to leave you a little bit smarter and a whole lot hungrier.
Madelyn Leembruggen is a Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics at Harvard University. Her research interests are broad; she wants to understand how microscopic (dis)order gives rise to macroscopic structure. Madelyn is dedicated to making physics an equitable, inclusive, and accessible space for people from all backgrounds, and with this goal she creates science content for all ages. When she isn't doing physics she's brewing coffee, thrift shopping, or cooking Indo-Dutch food for her family. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@williampicard818]

That’s one of the most original way I’ve seen physic being teached. Great job!

[@leosims5173]

Best way to think !

[@ststern1811]

As a fervent soup, salad, or sandwich believer, this video was made just for me!! Thank you!!!!!! ❤

[@Aldridge517]

I imagine this is what science nerds talk about when they get high.

[@sampatkumar3286]

True. We do.

[@salemsaberhagan]

Oh believe me, there's people out there who don't even need to get high to have these conversations

[@shadowaccount]

@@sampatkumar3286 In India?

[@sampatkumar3286]

@@shadowaccountno, i study in Netherlands! For leagal reasons i can't do that in India 😅

[@scottblack7182]

​@@salemsaberhaganTrue 😂 my conversations melt brains 9times outta 10 nobody understands half of what I'm rambling about and just nod in the hopes I'll allow my lecture to become a normal Sunday lunch again 🤣

[@mightygini5659]

So entertaining and educational! What a brilliant and charasmatic woman 😊

[@listwithlydia]

so fun! Great job Madelyn! :). Thought provoking, informative, and entertaining.

[@alisanina]

This will come in handy one day.

[@numinous2506]

Hey at least there is a lady that can narrow down what she wants to eat into 3 things. This is progress gentleman. Protect this person at all costs.

[@l.p8458]

Wow, mind blowing. Ang galing 👍

[@Fahodinho]

i respect the dedication

[@nathandoyle625]

Someone get this to Josh and Nichole from GMM! Fast!

[@VoodooAngel63]

In think that oatmeal and jello are both thick soup

[@jordanweber5351]

Brilliant

[@bukurie6861]

Thank you!First to chose s❤oup and second sal❤ad and rarely sanduich🌏

[@feedbackzaloop]

First mathematicians ruin our breakfast, saying donuts and cups are identical, now this...

[@hydtechietalks3607]

[@PacMappy]

cannot wait for the moment kare-kare and pancit are neither soup nor salad Maraming Salamat Madelyn! gutom na ako lol and i just ate lunch xD

[@l.p8458]

Napaisip din ako habang pinapanood ko toh 😂😂😂 yung kare-kare , Kaldereta at iba 😂😂😂

[@hydtechietalks3607]

This is what happens when TED talk organizer's committee influence beautiful young ones!

[@Drestanto]

This research should get ig nobel prize

[@physicstutorial7916]

That's why Physics called king of science 🚀

[@noscay9]

oh boy

[@Biharimadmax012]

I love salad with sandwich 😊

[@ad.mockingbird]

Interesting analogy.

[@domsau2]

Congratulations! You should be proud and straighten up!

[@unuslupus-csa]

What's Jello then?

[@Ragmio]

A question about sandwich, soup, salad and pasta. Are Cannelloni ripieni a sandwich or a salad?

[@iXtrafe]

Soup if you blend it enough

[@Ragmio]

@@iXtrafe How could you do that? :O

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

@@Ragmio good question. i think there are many foods like cannelloni that can't be classified into these three categories.

[@timlagemann]

What about sushi? I mean I'd call it a sandwich but it's not the carbohydrates you touch when oicking it up... 🤔

[@777kp]

I LOVE THIS!!! So many puns & double entendres

[@AnRodz]

Amazingly hilarious and true synesthesia.

[@akpl4210]

Like there is nothing to worry about except the physics in food, first we should worry to afford food!

[@darshandarshanbb8876]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@pandoraeeris7860]

Soup, salad AND sandwich. Now we're cookin' with gas.

[@nicolas267s]

By this logic Fondu is a soup, dumplings are sandwiches and pasta is a salad? Which is just goofy. You can put a sheep into stable, but it woun't become a stallion.

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

Is koththu Parotta a Soup, Salad or Sandwich? I believe it is neither of these.

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

Neither are Idlis.. which are steamed rice cakes.. I don't think they can be classified as a salad or sandwich, definitely not a soup.

[@if-and-only-if]

@@user-lt5no1xt1z will idli be a glassy-soup?

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

@@if-and-only-if well, Idlis are not soups.. they are more like rice cakes. It can't be a sandwich, as there is nothing different inside the idli. and it is not a salad, either.

[@venkateshk8518]

Koththu parotta has bite sized chunks with very low carb connectedness, which most probably makes it a salad. As to what idlis are, I'm stumped!! It may probably be in the soup-sandwich zone. But all things said, this classification is really fun. Calling koththu parotta as salads and icecream as soups! A great argument for when somebody is criticising my eating habits 😂😂

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

@@venkateshk8518 lol.. first time i have heard someone describing koththu parottta as a salad.. but idlis are definitely not a soup standalone, and not really sandwich either.. haha😁😁

[@georgebartholemew8444]

So, is baked chicken a soup, salad, or sandwich?

[@loganbutler8730]

What would a pizza be?

[@jaydenstreatfeild162]

Sandwich

[@v-science2175]

So Delicious

[@marcellofunhouse1234]

Cant relate ive skipped lunch for two days now

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

im sorry bro

[@marcellofunhouse1234]

@@user-lt5no1xt1z not sure why your sorry it's my choice to not eat lunch

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

@@marcellofunhouse1234 oh sorry i thought you were hungry or something.

[@pepper419]

Give me a leg of lamb.

[@S.A.N.]

I didn't understand any of this. But then again, i don´t have a phd in sandwich or hotdogs.

[@AlanMGross]

So, what is a steak?

[@_rysen266]

Depends, I guess. Just by itself it would be hard to classify, but as soon as you serve it with sides like potatoes, fries, or whatever else, it clearly becomes a salad.

[@AlanMGross]

@@_rysen266 Unless it's a steak sandwich. 🙂

[@pizmotality8136]

Physics!

[@rajendrahansdah3065]

😊

[@helgyn995]

Great! But. It looks like a Mirabel Madrigal ( Encanto) performance. Immediately cartoon before my eyes. 😊

[@grampaj3416]

So this is the conversation when science gets boring 😂

[@MaddMaxOfficial]

“Hey guys I got a degree and don’t know how to use it!”

[@leosims5173]

You have to be super thinker to understand her !

[@defendliberty1289]

Steak.

[@Alexandre.malzoni]

These are our “scientists” that want to tell us what to do!!!

[@awonddy]

She cute af

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

ikr!

[@dafrog491]

No one takes my lunch from me No one.

[@pepper419]

And the obvious food of them all? Meat. Say.... a leg of lamb. It may be a silly question but I'm a carnivore, I don't eat combinations of junk.

[@XTheOneCat]

Sorry, what are fruits? Sandwich?

[@robert-janthuis9927]

I suppose a salad?

[@GeneralStrikeandRiots]

When you have a stoner thought and take it too far

[@jackal7610]

TED Talks used to be so good?! What happened?!?

[@anitoroyan272]

Waste of time

[@kh0034]

Nope. Thought I could get through the bad puns and certain audience members laughing at nothing really funny. Worst of all, she really thinks she's being clever and is mentally patting herself on the back.

[@architecture.w]

This is what happens when Phd students smoke too much pot.

[@nickolas6614]

kebab

[@nickolas6614]

i can go on for days

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

@@nickolas6614 seriously.. this is such a ridiculous premise. most of the foods i can think of are not soup, salad or sandwich..

[@StasiSLG]

STAKE.... Say NO to vegetables !!!