Todd Snider - Statistician's Blues

ewecylinder · 1.1M views · 2009-07-12 · 3:04

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Overview

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.

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

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2022–2026

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Music performance & songs Satire & parody Data science & statistics

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seemaze · 2026-07 · Recommendation
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] [VIDEO]
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tclancy · 2025-12 · Joke / meme
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 [VIDEO]
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yehudalouis · 2022-07 · Joke / meme
"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. [VIDEO]
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