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The Scientific Method-Richard Feynman
Sképseis · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2014–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 14 other lecture videos tagged Scientific method & science communication, the mean is 3.4 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.2 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
40% of its 5 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2014–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 1 minutes 3 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2013-01-20.
- Channel / speaker
- Sképseis
- Verified runtime
- 1m 3s
- YouTube upload date
- 2013-01-20
- Hacker News mention years
- 2014–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other lecture 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scientific Method-Richard FeynmanCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 40% | — | 1m 3s | 2013-01-20 |
| Hamming, "You and Your Research" (June 6, 1995)lecture · securitylectures | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 44m 19s | 2012-08-26 |
| Feynman on Scientific Method.lecture · seabala | 6 | 6 | 47% | 1 (50%) | 9m 59s | 2011-02-18 |
| The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Introductionlecture · Sean Carroll | 5 | 5 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 6m 33s | 2020-03-20 |
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 “G. Polya, How to Solve It”. Its short rationale: Feynman's guess, compute, compare steps.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “New evidence shows water separates into two different liquids at low temperature”. Its short rationale: Feynman presents the scientific method clearly.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The Grandfather of Alt-Science”. Its short rationale: Refresher on what science is.