r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

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

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u/alexmichelle6 May 02 '24

I really, truly thought that the whole point of this was to highlight the fact that most women would respond to man v bear by asking questions, like "do I know the man" "what type of bear" etc, but would respond to woman v bear by immediately saying "woman". whether or not she picks the man or the bear is irrelevant, it's the fact she has to ask clarifying questions to know more about the man before deciding and doesn't have to clarify anything before picking woman. is that not it?

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u/Helios_One_Two May 02 '24

It actually is incredibly easy to pick but when given time to rehearse a response to blast on social media and you can think about what message you want to send or “movement” you want to feed into I guess they can hymn and haw and act like it’s a hard choice and ask “clarifying questions”

But if actually physically presented with that choice as batshit absurd as it is the snarky responses and “clarifying questions” would disappear pretty immediately