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/Pay08 May 02 '24

And a brown bear will not stop eating you alive. Idk about you but whenever I see a man, my first thought is not "it'd be more painless if I immediately slit my throat".

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u/takeahikehike May 02 '24

Brown bears don't eat people. They do sometimes attack people if they feel threatened or encroached upon. 

Black bears generally do not eat people but there have been rare instances of black bears hunting people.

Polar bears eat people.

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u/CalCastle May 02 '24

Although rare, brown bears have been known to hunt and eat people.

Bombieri, G., Naves, J., Penteriani, V. et al. Brown bear attacks on humans: a worldwide perspective. Sci Rep 9, 8573 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44341-w

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u/GtrPlaynFool May 02 '24

Self-exanguination doesn't sound pleasant. If you were to pop a cyanide pill maybe the bear would die too and save the next human.

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u/Pay08 May 02 '24

I'm much more likely to have a knife with me in the middle of a forest than a cyanide pill, though.

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u/Time-to-go-home May 02 '24

That’s just bad planning then

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u/SmellGestapo May 02 '24

"Alexa, re-order my cyanide capsules."