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13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
Veritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2014–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 9 other explainer videos tagged Climate science & climate change, the mean is 3.4 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 6 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2014–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 6 minutes 50 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2014-09-22.
- Channel / speaker
- Veritasium
- Verified runtime
- 6m 50s
- YouTube upload date
- 2014-09-22
- Hacker News mention years
- 2014–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Climate science & climate change. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Misconceptions About Global WarmingCurrent video | 2 | 3 | 50% | — | 6m 50s | 2014-09-22 |
| How Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?explainer · Everyday Astronaut | 6 | 6 | 78% | No recorded overlap | 55m 46s | 2020-03-20 |
| We WILL Fix Climate Change!explainer · Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | 6 | 5 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 14m 11s | 2022-04-05 |
| I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.explainer · Sabine Hossenfelder | 5 | 5 | 86% | No recorded overlap | 19m 7s | 2023-02-04 |
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 “Arctic Ocean started getting warmer decades earlier than we thought”. Its short rationale: Source for warming being the dominant 1970s research view.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecast”. Its short rationale: Listed among climate resources.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Sixty years of climate change warnings”. Its short rationale: Debunks the global cooling myth.