Veritasium — Best Videos According to Hacker News

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Why Being Delusional is a Superpower

Veritasium

“if you attribute just 5% of outcomes to luck, then the people who have the best outcomes are among the luckiest people”

9 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

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Is Most Published Research Wrong?

Veritasium

“This video is a good primer”

8 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

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Quantum Entanglement & Spooky Action at a Distance

Veritasium

“It's my favorite video for explaining how we know that the state is not determined until it has been measured.”

9 HN recommenders · 2015–2022

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Once you understand game theory, you understand the world.

Veritasium

“Veratasium just made an approachable video on this subject recently, I definitely recommend.”

10 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

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Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light

Veritasium

“I found the video very compelling even as a thought experiment.”

6 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Veritasium

“is goes into great detail on what it took to make the blue LED. It's quite fascinating.”

10 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

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Math's Fundamental Flaw

Veritasium

“I found Veritaseum's video about it really clear and instructive”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work

Veritasium

“if you are curious why a moving charge creates a magnetic field watch this Veritasium video”

7 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

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The Biggest Misconception About Electricity

Veritasium

“It’s an eye opening alternative explanation”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

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The Expert Myth

Veritasium

“Veritasium has a really good video on the subject [0], with a much more compelling explanation for what it takes to develop expertise.”

6 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

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The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History

Veritasium

“here's an excellent one by Veritasium on how it happened.”

6 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

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The Biggest Myth In Education

Veritasium

“Veritasium covered this in much greater detail but still approachable by the laymen”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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How Trees Bend the Laws of Physics

Veritasium

“I recommend watching, I think it's one of the best veritasium Dereck has ever produced.”

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

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Future Computers Will Be Radically Different (Analog Computing)

Veritasium

“Veritasium explains it really well in general here (and demos the device)”

7 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

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The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

Veritasium

“His video before this one[1] goes into detail on that, and it was incredible.”

6 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gravity

Veritasium

“his videos on special [1] and general relativity [2] were real eye-openers for me”

7 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

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This equation will change how you see the world (the logistic map)

Veritasium

“But this is the one I think people on HN need to watch most”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

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Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective

Veritasium

“Derek of Veritaseum made a video laying out why "clickbait-y" titles like that are necessary, and I feel like it makes a pretty good case.”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

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World's Roundest Object!

Veritasium

“this video is an imperative watch”

6 HN recommenders · 2013–2018

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Facebook Fraud

Veritasium

“See a real live experiment someone did, to figure out the true reach and ROI on Facebook Advertizing.”

7 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

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The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats

Veritasium

“My kids and I geeked out over the Veritasium video on Penrose tiles”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work

Veritasium

“It shows what happens if you prevent the rider from performing the countersteer before leaning into a turn [1].”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

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The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics

Veritasium

“This veritasium video explained it in a way that finally clicked for me”

5 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

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Mars Helicopter (before it went to Mars)

Veritasium

“a really excellent video that answers all your questions”

10 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

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Your Mass is NOT From the Higgs Boson

Veritasium

“This video explains where the mass of a proton comes from”

4 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

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How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

Veritasium

“I also highly recommend Veritasium's video[1] as an excellent explainer as well, especially regarding the roots of imaginary/complex numbers in geometry.”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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This is why we can't have nice things

Veritasium

“Veritasium made a video that reviews the history and presents the topic in an engaging way.”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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How to Understand What Black Holes Look Like

Veritasium

“Good video that correctly predicted the image and describes why it looks the way it does”

8 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

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How We're Redefining the kg

Veritasium

“I found the Veritasium video to be a bit more interesting for the "why" aspect of this change”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

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Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?

Veritasium

“an excellent pilot wave (de Broglie-Bohm) theory video by Veritasium[1]”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

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The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth

Veritasium

“is a nice introduction to the competition and its technical history.”

5 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

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The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheap

Veritasium

“Veritasium [1] did a video of exactly this and explains why it exists”

6 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

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The Most Underrated Algorithm

Veritasium

“The 2-minute brute-force explanation of Fourier transforms in a recent Veritasium video”

5 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

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How We’re Fooled By Statistics

Veritasium

“Veritasium explains it better than me.”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

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Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?

Veritasium

“Veritasium has a fun video demonstrating how unintuitive this is”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

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Why Machines That Bend Are Better

Veritasium

“Veritasium videos are pretty darn high quality.”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

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The Closest Thing We Have to Alien Technology

Veritasium

“The whole process was deep magic to me before I watched that video.”

5 HN recommenders · 2026

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13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

Veritasium

“It's a great video, you should at least watch it.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

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The Biggest Chemical Coverup In History

Veritasium

“If you want a good explanation of PFAs, Veritasium did a video on it.”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

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The Biggest Misconception in Physics

Veritasium

“thought wow this is good. Much better than the physics lectures I had at Cambridge Uni.”

3 HN recommenders · 2025

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How Electricity Actually Works

Veritasium

“And why magnets work due to relativity”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

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Backspin Basketball Flies Off Dam

Veritasium

“There's a great Veritasium video explaining the Magnus effect and the Flettner rotor here”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

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How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing

Veritasium

“Veritasium did an eye opening vid on how fallout blew across the country and was ruining Kodak's film on the East Coast.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

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You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game Of Life Wrong

Veritasium

“Before I watched this I would default to thinking about most distributions as normal.”

4 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

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Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age

Veritasium

“Veritasium explores this and IMO the alternative arguments are more compelling”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

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Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos

Veritasium

“please watch the whole video because it explains one massive problem with video science lessons and how to partially fix the problem.”

2 HN recommenders · 2011–2024

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Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate

Veritasium

“The visual that made it click for me was at 18:54 in the original video”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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The Most Common Cognitive Bias

Veritasium

“I would suggest this video by Veritasium, which also touches on this, at a very fundamental level”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

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A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong

Veritasium

“The small demonstration that made it click for me is from that video”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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Why Women Are Stripey

Veritasium

“Veritasium has a fantastic video that discusses the genetics behind the random color patterns of calico cats”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

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I took an IQ test to explain what's wrong with them

Veritasium

“Veritasium had a good primer on IQ scores and what they actually mean for your life”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

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AlphaFold - The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done

Veritasium

“To learn more about AlphaFold and its importance, I would recommend the Veritasium video[0]”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

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The Ridiculous Engineering Of Jet Engines

Veritasium

“is absolutely fascinating & well worth a watch”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

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Why is this number everywhere?

Veritasium

“humans are fairly predictable when trying to come up with random numbers, for example, have a look at this Veritasium video”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

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The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves

Veritasium

“Here is a great video with explanations”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

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The Strangest Implication of Quantum Mechanics

Veritasium

“this veritasium video is quite eye opening”

3 HN recommenders · 2025

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The Man Who Took LSD and Changed The World

Veritasium

“It's one of the most accessible videos on PCR I've ever come across”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

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The Bayesian Trap

Veritasium

“what is described as the "Bayesian trap", explained by the youtuber Veritasium”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

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The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

Veritasium

“There was a great video by the Veritasium guy on it”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

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How Do Night Vision Goggles Work?

Veritasium

“You will find Veritasium's video on night vision goggles [1] very interesting.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

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What if you could only see the world in UV?

Veritasium

“Veritasium has a video using a special UV setup, it's pretty cool”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

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Is Our Food Becoming Less Nutritious?

Veritasium

“has a nice explanation.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

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My Video Went Viral. Here's Why

Veritasium

“He actually made a great video a while ago explaining why professional Youtubers don't have much of a choice when it comes to clickbaiting”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

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Testing if 60 minutes of silence drives you crazy

Veritasium

“Derek from Veritasium has a good video on it for the interested.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2019

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Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?

Veritasium

“I thought the engineering at play here was pretty interesting.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

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The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies

Veritasium

“Derek Muller on the youtube channel Veritasium has a good video on this”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

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How They Caught The Golden State Killer

Veritasium

“If you haven't watched the video Veritasium did about the Golden State Killer, I highly recommend it.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room

Veritasium

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

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The Snowflake Myth

Veritasium

“Here's a fantastic Veritasium video about snowflakes with a scientist that basically figured out all of the ways they can form”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

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These are the asteroids to worry about

Veritasium

“Veritasium video with Dave Jewitt of UCLA explains a lot about what were doing about asteroids.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

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The Universe is Hostile to Computers

Veritasium

“The Universe is Hostile to Computers" by Veritasium is good video.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

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Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds

Veritasium

“Veritasium has a couple months old video that talks about this issue”

1 HN recommenders · 2025

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The Original Double Slit Experiment

Veritasium

“Here's the important part of the video, in my opinion”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

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The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything

Veritasium

“this excellent Veritasium video about Markov and his chains”

1 HN recommenders · 2025

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The Science of Thinking

Veritasium

“Veritasium did a great job summarizing the idea”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

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Your Body's Molecular Machines

Veritasium

“Veritasium just packaged a few of them in an easy to digest format”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

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The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One Knew

Veritasium

“which was just fascinating to watch/listen”

1 HN recommenders · 2026

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Why Parallel Universes Are Probably Real

Veritasium

“Veritasium has a great video that explains the concept of parallel worlds vs wave collapse in a single world”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

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The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets

Veritasium

“Veritasium did a video on their rocket”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

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The Surprising Secret of Synchronization

Veritasium

“it is worth watching the entire video”

1 HN recommenders · 2021

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I built a QR code with my bare hands to see how it works

Veritasium

“Derek Muller just did an interesting take on QR codes and their history”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2025