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Richard Feynman on Pseudoscience
Jacob Edward · 5 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 5 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2016–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 15 other interview videos tagged Scientific method & science communication, the mean is 2.8 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 5 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.8× that mean. Recommendations span 5 distinct months; the peer average is 2.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
36% of its 14 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 1 minutes 53 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-04-17.
- Channel / speaker
- Jacob Edward
- Verified runtime
- 1m 53s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-04-17
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other interview videos in Scientific method & science communication. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Feynman on PseudoscienceCurrent video | 5 | 5 | 36% | — | 1m 53s | 2016-04-17 |
| Richard Feynman Fireinterview · nebulajr | 8 | 8 | 57% | No recorded overlap | 4m 43s | 2009-04-15 |
| Feynman: Magnets (and Why?) FUN TO IMAGINE 4/ higher quality version!interview · Christopher Sykes | 5 | 5 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 7m 35s | 2018-09-04 |
| Richard Feynman. Why.interview · firewalker | 5 | 5 | 25% | No recorded overlap | 7m 33s | 2012-04-02 |
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 “AI advice made people 3x less accurate but 2x confident, researchers found”. Its short rationale: Feynman on how hard real knowledge is and fooling yourself.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Australia Four-Day Work Week Study Data Shows Boosted Productivity”. Its short rationale: Feynman argues peer review and p-values do not make science.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Stanford’s Department of Management Science and Engineering”. Its short rationale: Obligatory Feynman on what counts as a science.