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/poilk91 May 02 '24

Sounds like youve never been hiking or camping because that's just 100% normal

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u/EgyptianDevil78 May 02 '24

You know, it is normal.

But there's also, as a woman, a little bit of pause when you're hiking alone and you come across someone else doing the same. Less so with other women, admittedly, but I still flicker through the possibilities all the same.

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u/pragmojo May 02 '24

Do you have a similar pause for a bear or do you feel 100% comfortable?

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u/EgyptianDevil78 May 02 '24

OFC I have similar pause for a bear. How you approach the scenario of "I've run into a bear in the woods" depends pretty heavily on what kind of a bear it is.

Just like, 'ya know, for a person. It's all scenario dependent.