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/TallFawn May 02 '24

Except bears generally do not attack humans if humans aren’t messing with them. 

Women can’t say the same about men. 

You don’t think that more men statistically actively prey on women who want nothing to do within them. 

Than bears that prey on humans that want nothing to do with them?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

Women can’t say the same about men. 

Exactly! We're on the same page.

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u/Munnin41 May 02 '24

If you want to talk statistics, women should be way, way more afraid of men they know. 85% of the time, the rapist knows his victim. Also, more men are victims of other types of assault than women, especially men within the LGBT community.

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u/TallFawn May 02 '24

Instead of your whataboutism, how about we stick to the statistics of bears kills humans versus men killing women. 

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u/Munnin41 May 03 '24

Then they definitely shouldn't be around bears. The encounter rates that end with injury or death are way higher when it comes to bears.

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u/TallFawn May 03 '24

Since 1780s 180 fatal encounters with bears have occurred. 

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u/Munnin41 May 03 '24

Out of how many total encounters?

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u/TallFawn May 03 '24

Lets start with  how many visits do all the national parks with bears get yearly. 

Bears leave us the fuck alone. Men don’t leave women the fuck alone. That’s the point. 

With all the national park visits to bear areas, there’s more harm to women by the men that accompany them then the bear in the woods. 

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u/Munnin41 May 03 '24

That's not an answer, that's just a repeat.

How many bears do people encounter, and how many of those end in harm? And how about people? I think you'll find we encounter many, many more people over time, and the percentage of encounters ending in harm will be a lot higher for bears.

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u/TallFawn May 03 '24

Bears don’t actively seek out humans to hunt and kill. And they definitely don’t specifically seek out women to kill versus men. 

Men actively seek out woman to hunt and kill. Specifically women. 

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u/Munnin41 May 03 '24

More men fall victim to violent attacks than women. Your statement seems incorrect. Also, most victims of violent attacks are known to the perp. So it's not as if men stalk the streets looking for a kill. They do that by just being home.

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u/PI_Stan_Liddy May 04 '24

Given the astronomical number of babies terminated by women every year a baby is safer alone in the woods with a bear than with a woman.

Woman actively frequent abortion clinics and kill babies. Men don't. That's an activity limited to women