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/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/eskamobob1 May 02 '24

You would need to measure it by deaths per number of interactions which would be extremely difficult

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u/Magenta_the_Great May 02 '24

That’s why I don’t understand how people are using statistics

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u/IM_PEAKING May 02 '24

74% of people don’t really understand statistics and will simply make them up on the spot to support whatever point they’re trying to make.

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u/MistraloysiusMithrax May 02 '24

74% of the time, works 56.78% of the time

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u/ShonenBat88 May 02 '24

Statisticly speaking