1.1M views · Jul 12, 2009 · 3:04 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2022–2026
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: 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”HN comment, 2026
“eloquently embodied by the misfit troubadour and grunge philosopher Todd Snider in Statistician's Blues”
Song satirizing statistics and how people believe them.
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
"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
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
