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Best Religion, belief & skepticism videos, as recommended on Hacker News

32 videos about religion, belief & skepticism that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2009 and 2026. Mostly lecture, explainer, commentary. Channels that come up most: Jordan B Peterson, Mick West, Folding Ideas, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is In Search Of A Flat Earth: HN treats it as the definitive, compassionate documentary on why people fall into conspiracy theories.

• documentaryIn Search Of A Flat EarthFolding Ideas · 17 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• lectureLecture: 2017 Maps of Meaning 01: Context and BackgroundJordan B Peterson · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• lecture'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science · 7 HN recommenders · 2009–2024
• lectureIrving Finkel | The Ark Before Noah: A Great AdventureThe Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• explainerGimbal UFO - A New AnalysisMick West · 8 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• commentaryI Watched Ancient Apocalypse So You Don't Have To (Part 1)Miniminuteman · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• commentaryTelevangelists: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
• commentaryFlat Earth: A Measured Responsehbomberguy · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• explainerExplained: "Go Fast" UFO Video - Not Low and Not Fast - Like a Balloon!Mick West · 6 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• talkReligions and babies | Hans RoslingTED · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• lectureLecture: Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of GodJordan B Peterson · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• explainerTesting 432 Hz Frequencies (and temperaments)Adam Neely · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• lectureWho is Yahweh - How a Warrior-Storm God became the God of the Israelites and World MonotheismESOTERICA · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• comedyTim Minchin's Storm the Animated Moviestormmovie · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• lectureJames Tour: The Mystery of the Origin of LifeDiscovery Science · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• explainerHoly Post - Race in AmericaHoly Post Media · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• interviewThe Default Mode Network & End of Suffering - Gary WeberNon-Dual Couch · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2020
• lectureDr. Robert Sapolsky's lecture about Biological Underpinnings of ReligiosityAprendiendo Juntos · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• interviewSir Roger Penrose & William Lane Craig • The Universe: How did it get here & why are we part of it?Premier Unbelievable? · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkSam Harris - Death and the Present MomentAtheist Foundation of Australia Inc · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
• talkRupert Sheldrake - The Science Delusion BANNED TED TALKJames Dearden Bush · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2022
• lectureRichard Dawkins demonstrates the evolution of the eyepoejavlo · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2023
• lectureSwami Sarvapriyananda at IITK - "Who Am I?" according to Mandukya Upanishad-Part 1Vivekananda Samiti, IIT Kanpur · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• documentaryHow Sikh Chefs Feed 100,000 People At The Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Temple In New Delhi, IndiaInsider Food · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025
• talkYou Have No Idea How Wrong You AreSisyphusRedeemed · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2026
• explainerMy Video Got 2 Companies Shut Down! (And even worse negative ion products)The Thought Emporium · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2025
• podcastJoe Rogan on Why he changed his stance on the Moon landing conspiracyJRE Clips · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2025
• comedyTim Minchin: StormTheDamnWreckless · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
• commentary60 Minutes, Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs: BUSTED!Thunderf00t · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• documentaryDoing Time Doing Vipassana - Full official versionKaruna Films LTD · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2020
• interviewThe Pope's Astronomer - Sixty SymbolsSixty Symbols · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2025
• commentaryFlat Earth "Science" -- Wrong, but not StupidSabine Hossenfelder · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023