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SICP / What is "Computer Science" ?
LarryNorman · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2008–2014).
SignalTube analysis
Among 105 other lecture videos tagged University lectures & courses, the mean is 4.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 4.5 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
25% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2008–2014; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 10 minutes 0 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2006-09-12.
- Channel / speaker
- LarryNorman
- Verified runtime
- 10m 0s
- YouTube upload date
- 2006-09-12
- Hacker News mention years
- 2008–2014
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
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The comparison cohort uses other lecture videos in University lectures & courses. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SICP / What is "Computer Science" ?Current video | 1 | 1 | 25% | — | 10m 0s | 2006-09-12 |
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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 “Replication Controversy in Psychology”. Its short rationale: Abelson says computer science is not a science and resembles magic.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Collection of Richard Feynman talks on the scientific method, learning, and CS”. Its short rationale: Abelson compares computer science to magic.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: Is computer science really a science?”. Its short rationale: SICP lecture 1 argues CS is not a science.