Instagram - @sid_warrier
I’m a doctor by profession. I have completed my MBBS from Grant Medical College in Mumbai, MD Medicine from KEM Hospital Mumbai and super specialisation in DM Neurology from SGPGI, Lucknow. I’ve been in private practice as a Consultant Neurologist in Mumbai since the past 2 years.
When the lockdown started, I started teaching neurology to medical students through online clinics, which later became a YouTube channel. I then started teaching neuroscience topics to medical and non medical folks, discussing aspects of human behaviour and psychology from a neuroscience perspective.
2. When did you first decide that you wanted to create content and how did you start?
In June 2020, When Tanmay Bhat approached me to feature on his channel to discuss neuroscience, I began to create specific topic wise discussions on neuroscience. And this led to me starting livestreams on my own YouTube channel.
Since then, I’ve been exploring multiple subjects including psychology, astrophysics, music and Bhagavad Gita on this platform, and connecting them to Neuroscience.
3. How can one become a public speaker?
The three pillars of public speaking are knowledge, presentation and empathy. One needs to know one’s subject well, be able to present it in a clear way drawing easy patters for the audience to understand, and constantly look for feedback from the audience and modify the talk accordingly.
4. How and where do you find inspiration to churn out content?
I try to keep an open mind whenever I’m reading or taking in new information. I always to try to spot new patterns, or ways to connect new pieces of information with existing ones. This helps me see things in a different perspective, in light of my my own experiences. This is how everyone can create unique content.
5. Which is your favourite (TEDX) talk ever and how did it change your life?
Tim Urban’s TED talk on procrastination inspired me, both to work more efficiently as well as dive deeper into neuroscience to solve the mysteries of why we are the way we are.
6. What specific neurological disorders have you come into contact with or treated during your time as a neurologist?
Neurology deals with disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles. So patients with strokes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, Neuropathy, Migraine etc. all these are some diseases I routinely come across.
7. What impact do you want to make in the world?
Bringing neuroscience to the layman. Helping everyone achieve a better understanding of themselves by learning about their brain. My hope is that this will in turn lead to all of us getting a better perspective on life.
8. Which is your favourite book and why?
This is a tough one, but I’m going to pick Douglas Adam’s Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. I’ve read it multiple times, and the ideas of this book take on a deeper significance with each reading. It starts off as a comic story and develops into a philosophical take on the ironies of human existence.
3. How can one become a public speaker?
The three pillars of public speaking are knowledge, presentation and empathy. One needs to know one’s subject well, be able to present it in a clear way drawing easy patters for the audience to understand, and constantly look for feedback from the audience and modify the talk accordingly.
4. How and where do you find inspiration to churn out content?
I try to keep an open mind whenever I’m reading or taking in new information. I always to try to spot new patterns, or ways to connect new pieces of information with existing ones. This helps me see things in a different perspective, in light of my my own experiences. This is how everyone can create unique content.
5. Which is your favourite (TEDX) talk ever and how did it change your life?
Tim Urban’s TED talk on procrastination inspired me, both to work more efficiently as well as dive deeper into neuroscience to solve the mysteries of why we are the way we are.
6. What specific neurological disorders have you come into contact with or treated during your time as a neurologist?
Neurology deals with disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles. So patients with strokes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, Neuropathy, Migraine etc. all these are some diseases I routinely come across.
7. What impact do you want to make in the world?
Bringing neuroscience to the layman. Helping everyone achieve a better understanding of themselves by learning about their brain. My hope is that this will in turn lead to all of us getting a better perspective on life.
8. Which is your favourite book and why?
This is a tough one, but I’m going to pick Douglas Adam’s Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. I’ve read it multiple times, and the ideas of this book take on a deeper significance with each reading. It starts off as a comic story and develops into a philosophical take on the ironies of human existence.
- Interviewed by - Aditi Vakani
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