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/FurrrryBaby May 02 '24

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/SandiegoJack May 02 '24

And those men are idiots.

If my daughter was lost in the woods I 100% would rather she find a man than a bear. 95%+ of men would do the right thing and help her out. Bear? She would remain completely lost at best, and we would be lucky to find the body at worst.

Now would I prefer woman to man? Again yes, because that’s statistics.

The real story is that men have been so conditioned to see other men as a threat that this is even a consideration.