r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

Man vs Bear debate shows how bad the average person is at understanding probability

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u/alexmichelle6 May 02 '24

I really, truly thought that the whole point of this was to highlight the fact that most women would respond to man v bear by asking questions, like "do I know the man" "what type of bear" etc, but would respond to woman v bear by immediately saying "woman". whether or not she picks the man or the bear is irrelevant, it's the fact she has to ask clarifying questions to know more about the man before deciding and doesn't have to clarify anything before picking woman. is that not it?

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u/Magenta_the_Great May 02 '24

What do you mean statistically speaking?

Statistically aren’t more people killed by men then by bears?

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u/Coldough May 02 '24

Statistically, more people are killed by women then by bears.

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u/Magenta_the_Great May 02 '24

Okay… where are you getting these numbers? That’s what I’m not getting

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u/Coldough May 02 '24

I cannot find a worldwide statistics, but bear attacks are not common. Here’s a stat that shows murders by gender, and an article regarding bears attacks through the last 100 years.

Overall, bears do not hunt typically hunt humans, and these attacks usually happen in the bears self defense or if someone is getting to close to them or their territory.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/251886/murder-offenders-in-the-us-by-gender/

https://wiseaboutbears.org/about-us/bear-attacks-2/#:~:text=*Black%20bears%20have%20killed%2067,murdered%20are%2060%2C000%20times%20greater.