explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
The Bayesian Trap
Veritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2017–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 33 other explainer videos tagged Probability & game theory, the mean is 2.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 2.9 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 10 minutes 37 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2017-04-05.
- Channel / speaker
- Veritasium
- Verified runtime
- 10m 37s
- YouTube upload date
- 2017-04-05
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Probability & game theory. “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 Bayesian TrapCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | 10m 37s | 2017-04-05 |
| Why Your Vote Doesn't Countexplainer · CGP Grey | 10 | 10 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 6m 31s | 2011-03-09 |
| Once you understand game theory, you understand the world.explainer · Veritasium | 10 | 8 | 59% | No recorded overlap | 27m 19s | 2023-12-23 |
| 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 “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2024)”. Its short rationale: Inspired a Bayesian life-journal project.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: How to choose which dentist or doctor to believe?”. Its short rationale: Cited for statistics of multiple agreeing doctors.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics Made Simple (2012)”. Its short rationale: Explains the Bayesian trap for those unfamiliar with Bayes theorem.