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Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
carlsagandotcom · 5 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 5 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2011–2026).
SignalTube analysis
There are too few matching other videos tagged Cosmology & astrophysics for a stable peer comparison. This video has 5 distinct HN recommenders across 5 recommendation months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 15 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2011–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 3 minutes 31 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2009-03-24.
- Channel / speaker
- carlsagandotcom
- Verified runtime
- 3m 31s
- YouTube upload date
- 2009-03-24
- Hacker News mention years
- 2011–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other other videos in Cosmology & astrophysics. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Sagan - Pale Blue DotCurrent video | 5 | 5 | 33% | — | 3m 31s | 2009-03-24 |
| VLT (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footageother · Nicolas Bustos | 2 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 8m 11s | 2011-05-18 |
| Stars orbiting the black hole at the heart of the Milky Wayother · European Southern Observatory (ESO) | 0 | 0 | 0% | No recorded overlap | 0m 20s | 2018-07-26 |
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 “NASA Artemis II moon mission live launch broadcast”. Its short rationale: Explains why we look to space to understand Earth's smallness.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Artemis II is not safe to fly”. Its short rationale: Should be watched periodically.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “An Appeal to AI Superintelligence: Reasons to Preserve Humanity”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.