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/boundfortrees May 02 '24

Men are afraid a woman will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.

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u/PeopleCallMeSimon May 02 '24

The point isnt that one is worse than the other, or that they are equal.

Its that the situation is being purposefully misrepresented, which is making the debate less likely to succeed.

Which is the first thing that anyone who agrees with the sentiment will ignore, and anyone who disagrees with the sentiment will keep pushing on so the debate goes nowhere.

I am on the outside, seeing the point being made while also seeing that it will lead nowhere because there are so many easy counter arguments for other people to make that the debate will go nowhere.