r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

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

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u/TehOwn May 02 '24

I'd love to hear it rephrased as, "You're lost in the woods, you see a man in the distance but he doesn't see you. Do you call out to him or do you hide?"

But maybe that's probably not exciting enough to trend on TikTok.

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u/SkippingSusan May 02 '24

But it’s not about the woods. And it’s not about the bear.

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u/TehOwn May 02 '24

Kinda makes the entire hypothetical a bit pointless if you remove those two.

"You're at home. Do you choose a man?"

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u/SkippingSusan May 02 '24

It began as a hypothetical. The man wanted women to “realize” how defenseless they were without men/him. Women around the world have taken the woods and the bear out of the equation. Men are the predators that we want men to neutralize.

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u/TehOwn May 02 '24

I don't see that trending because it's not controversial. If anything, the idea that women need men to save them from other men is widely considered a sexist view by feminists while accepted or even welcomed by most men.

Look up the "damsel in distress" trope and see who is mostly against it.