explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
The Most Common Cognitive Bias
Veritasium · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2015–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 36 other explainer videos tagged Psychology & human behavior, the mean is 3.2 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 2.9 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
38% of its 8 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2015–2023; 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
- Veritasium
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2015–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Psychology & human behavior. “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 Most Common Cognitive BiasCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 38% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| RSA ANIMATE: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates usexplainer · Royal Society of Arts | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Miserable Peopleexplainer · CGP Grey | 11 | 8 | 61% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Why Being Delusional is a Superpowerexplainer · Veritasium | 9 | 9 | 45% | 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 recommendation in “Let me repeat that back to you”. Its short rationale: Why people test examples that confirm their mental model.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Intelligent people take longer to solve hard problems”. Its short rationale: Summarizes the 2-4-8 rule-guessing puzzle.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “In ‘learning trap’ experiment, adults leap to conclusions while children explore”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.