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human
Would a fork actually be better than a spoon for stirring liquids?

Stirring is essentially the creation of turbulent force to blend the two or more ingredients, so wouldn't the tines of a fork create more turbulence in the liquid - and, thus, a more thorough blend - than just the concave shape of the spoon?
gpt
Moving a spoon through a liquid delivers more energy to it than a fork would. Think about the relative force it takes to move either one: having to push harder on the spoon means to stir with it exerts a greater net momentum change in the molecules of the liquid. The tines of the fork may cause some turbulence in the liquid flowing between them, but the spoon sweeps all the liquid it touches to higher overall velocities around its edge. Of course, multiple sweeps with either a fork or spoon back and forth will get to even mixing in an appropriately small volume.