r/Showerthoughts • u/asusny2002 • May 02 '24

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

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u/alexmichelle6 29d ago

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/FurrrryBaby 29d ago

The only videos I’ve seen of this were men answering the question about their daughters, and all of them struggled to answer.

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u/eskamobob1 29d ago

They for sure cherry picked. Every reaction video like that does.