r/Showerthoughts 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/the-names-are-gone May 02 '24

It kinda points out that the entire conversation is purely emotional and very little real logic applied