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Wisdom Of The Crowd

NPR
Published February 16, 2018 at 11:38 AM EST
House musician Jonathan Coulton is put to the test by Ophira Eisenberg on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.
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House musician Jonathan Coulton is put to the test by Ophira Eisenberg on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

What percentage of our waking hours do we spend sleeping? How many words per minute are there in the Hamiltonsoundtrack? We polled audiences at The Bell House on a variety of questions and averaged their responses. That collective wisdom goes up against one-man house band Jonathan Coulton. Whose estimate is closer?

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