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    Todd Snider - Statistician's Blues

    ewecylinder

    1 HN recommender · recommended in 3 months, 2022–2026

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    3:04 · 1.1M views · Jul 12, 2009

    A live 2007 performance of Todd Snider's song 'Statistician's Blues' at the Great American Music Hall. The song satirizes statistics and how readily people believe them.

    It is mostly cited as a joke or a wry reference in threads about dubious statistics.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @seemazeJul 2026· in “42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support”

      The premise of TFA along with the entirety of the comments are eloquently embodied by the misfit troubadour and grunge philosopher Todd Snider in Statistician's Blues [0] [0] this video

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    2. @yehudalouisJul 2022· in “Ten Percent of the Brain Myth”

      "They say 3% of people use 5-6% of their brains, 97% use just 3% and the rest goes down the drain... I'll never know which one I am, but I'll bet you my last dime, 99% think we're 3%, 100% of the time." -- Statistician's Blues, Todd Snider. this video

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    3. @tclancyDec 2025· in “When someone says they hate your product with a burning passion”

      They say sixty-five percent of all statistics / Are made up right there on the spot / Eighty-two-point-four percent of people believe 'em / Whether they're accurate statistics or not this video

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