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If a YouTube video is titled like this one, and has an intro like this one, in 99% of the cases it is garbage. The title simply suggests a completely different

• dredmorbius 3y ago
  One of the values of Hacker News is that the submission queue, voting, and discussion often (though, no, not always) serve as effective filters to surface interesting, thoughtful, relevant, or informative content. I'm well aware that video and audio pose some challenges to ready consumption or perusal. That said, Tom Scott is among the more effective and informative YouTube creators out there, and I'd argue that this is among his best videos as well. (Another that comes instantly to mind is his Royal Society lecture on truth and epistemology on the Internet.) I'm also painfully aware that YouTube's policy shifts of the past day or so have made accessing and viewing content there even more obnoxious than usual. Still, argument from ignorance tends to have weak foundations.