Todd Snider - Statistician's Blues on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2022–2026.
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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.
“eloquently embodied by the misfit troubadour and grunge philosopher Todd Snider in Statistician's Blues”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
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
in “42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support” · View on HN
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
in “When someone says they hate your product with a burning passion” · View on HN
"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
in “Ten Percent of the Brain Myth” · View on HN