explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Is Most Published Research Wrong?
Veritasium · 8 HN recommenders · 8 recommendation months
Recommended by 8 Hacker News commenters across 8 months (2017–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 36 other explainer videos tagged Scientific method & science communication, the mean is 3.8 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 8 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.1× that mean. Recommendations span 8 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 3.5 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
42% of its 19 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2025; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 12 minutes 22 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-08-11.
- Channel / speaker
- Veritasium
- Verified runtime
- 12m 22s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-08-11
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Scientific method & science communication. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is Most Published Research Wrong?Current video | 8 | 8 | 42% | — | 12m 22s | 2016-08-11 |
| Why Being Delusional is a Superpowerexplainer · Veritasium | 9 | 9 | 45% | No recorded overlap | 12m 4s | 2020-08-28 |
| I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.explainer · Tom Scott | 9 | 7 | 45% | No recorded overlap | 12m 9s | 2021-05-17 |
| The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"explainer · Technology Connections | 7 | 6 | 44% | No recorded overlap | 18m 31s | 2018-05-14 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “I don't think Lindley's paradox supports p-circling”. Its short rationale: Clearly explains skewed priors and the paradox.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “GPT-4 LLM simulates people well enough to replicate social science experiments”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.