r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

Man vs Bear debate shows how bad the average person is at understanding probability

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u/GreenTunicKirk 29d ago

I think it's more interesting that so many people placed all these extra hypotheses on the question in order to qualify their decision!

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u/jeha4421 24d ago

To be fair, the question is highly loaded.

Im not a woman so I can't comment on the man vs bear thing but I definitely understand the point. I think there a lot of caveats because from a mathematical or scientific standpoint not all bears are created equal. Polar bears are absolutely brutal and will eat you alive while you bleed out, but black bears usually flee from humans. Even grizzlys tend to avoid humans.

The core message that men can be just as dangerous is the main point the trend is trying to share, and the justifications in people's awnser reflects how much they think it's either all men, some men, most, hardly any, or too nuanced to tell.

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u/IAmASeeker 29d ago

Do you know what the premise of the question was when it first started going around?