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RSA ANIMATE: The Divided Brain
Royal Society of Arts · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2017–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 12 other explainer videos tagged Neuroscience & the brain, the mean is 2.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 2.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
60% of its 5 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Royal Society of Arts
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Neuroscience & the brain. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSA ANIMATE: The Divided BrainCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 60% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| You Actually Share Your Brain With a Silent Strangerexplainer · CGP Grey | 7 | 7 | 58% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Why you DON'T want Perfect Pitchexplainer · Adam Neely | 6 | 4 | 75% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Why Adults Can't Develop Perfect Pitchexplainer · Rick Beato | 4 | 3 | 40% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
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 strong recommendation in “Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus”. Its short rationale: McGilchrist describes narrow versus diffuse attention.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “DMT drug study investigates the ‘entities’ people meet while tripping”. Its short rationale: Nuanced view of left/right brain lateralization.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Naked Europe covers up”. Its short rationale: Animated summary of McGilchrist's work on the right hemisphere.