explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Is Your Red The Same as My Red?
Vsauce · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2018–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 8 other explainer videos tagged Consciousness & cognition, the mean is 2.6 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 2.6 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 2018–2024; 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
- Vsauce
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2018–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Consciousness & cognition. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is Your Red The Same as My Red?Current video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | 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 |
| RSA ANIMATE: The Divided Brainexplainer · Royal Society of Arts | 3 | 3 | 60% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Braitenberg Vehiclesexplainer · Brian Douglas | 2 | 2 | 67% | 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 contextual reference in “Is My Blue Your Blue?”. Its short rationale: Whether your blue might be like my red.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in ““You want to know something about how bullshit insane our brains are?” (2018)”. Its short rationale: Good video on qualia and subjective color.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Organoids Are Not Brains. How Are They Making Brain Waves?”. Its short rationale: Explains what qualia is.