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Simulating Green Beard Altruism
Primer · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2021–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 16 other explainer videos tagged Evolution & genetics, the mean is 2.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.3× 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.
100% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 13 minutes 23 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2021-03-27.
- Channel / speaker
- Primer
- Verified runtime
- 13m 23s
- YouTube upload date
- 2021-03-27
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Evolution & genetics. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulating Green Beard AltruismCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 100% | — | 13m 23s | 2021-03-27 |
| Once you understand game theory, you understand the world.explainer · Veritasium | 10 | 8 | 59% | No recorded overlap | 27m 19s | 2023-12-23 |
| mRNA Translation (Advanced)explainer · DNA Learning Center | 4 | 7 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 3m 4s | 2010-03-22 |
| 4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hourexplainer · Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | 4 | 4 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 63m 31s | 2023-11-10 |
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 recommendation in “ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program”. Its short rationale: Videos demonstrating evolution of altruism.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax rate”. Its short rationale: Simplified exploration of green beard altruism, imposters section.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Show HN: Play with Shaders Inspired by Slime Mold”. Its short rationale: Primer's evolution simulations of emergent society.