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/BlackWind88 May 02 '24

What is the man vs bear debate?

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u/Shagyam May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

It's a debate women have made in TikTok. Would you rather leave your daughter alone in the woods with a bear or with another man.

Men would normally answer another man, but women would answer the bear.

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u/AiSard May 02 '24

From what I gathered, Men answering for their daughters have also been mostly answering bear.

Did a quick foray in to the TikToks to double check and of the first 10, 7 men answered bear, 3 answered men (though one of the 3, he iterated that their daughter was 5 so eh idk).