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Survivor Bias
2veritasium · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2016–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 36 other explainer videos tagged Psychology & human behavior, the mean is 3.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 2.9 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
14% of its 7 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 8 minutes 47 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-05-10.
- Channel / speaker
- 2veritasium
- Verified runtime
- 8m 47s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-05-10
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor BiasCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 14% | — | 8m 47s | 2016-05-10 |
| 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 “I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)”. Its short rationale: Cited for survivor bias in success stories.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Diffusion Models Beat GANs on Image Synthesis”. Its short rationale: Survivorship bias as explanation for model release patterns.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Why most female newscasters have the same hair”. Its short rationale: Cited for survivorship bias in perceptions of newscasters.