explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
The Expert Myth
Veritasium · 6 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 6 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2022–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 36 other explainer videos tagged Psychology & human behavior, the mean is 3.1 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 6 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.9× that mean. Recommendations span 5 distinct months; the peer average is 2.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
43% of its 14 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2022–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 17 minutes 59 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2022-08-02.
- Channel / speaker
- Veritasium
- Verified runtime
- 17m 59s
- YouTube upload date
- 2022-08-02
- Hacker News mention years
- 2022–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Psychology & human behavior. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Expert MythCurrent video | 6 | 5 | 43% | — | 17m 59s | 2022-08-02 |
| RSA ANIMATE: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates usexplainer · Royal Society of Arts | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 10m 48s | 2010-04-01 |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Miserable Peopleexplainer · CGP Grey | 11 | 8 | 61% | No recorded overlap | 6m 6s | 2017-05-31 |
| Why Being Delusional is a Superpowerexplainer · Veritasium | 9 | 9 | 45% | No recorded overlap | 12m 4s | 2020-08-28 |
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 contextual reference in “The better the autopilot the worse the pilot”. Its short rationale: Source on how expertise is acquired.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “210 IQ Is Not Enough”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: Generalists, when do you say "I know enough" about any particular topic?”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.