documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
The Man With The Seven Second Memory
Real Stories · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2020–2026).
SignalTube analysis
There are too few matching documentary videos tagged Neuroscience & the brain for a stable peer comparison. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders across 2 recommendation months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2020–2026; 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
- Real Stories
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2020–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Man With The Seven Second MemoryCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Your Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBSdocumentary · NOVA PBS Official | 2 | 3 | 60% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Superhuman World of Wim Hof: The Icemandocumentary · VICE | 1 | 1 | 17% | 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 “Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn't know it”. Its short rationale: Documentary on Clive Wearing.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)”. Its short rationale: Documentary on a man with a seven-second memory.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “After simple dental surgery, a man lost his ability to form new memories”. Its short rationale: Extended documentary on Clive Wearing's memory loss.