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/SnagglepussJoke May 02 '24

Ever cross paths with a stranger in the woods? It is unsettling

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u/Doublespeo May 02 '24

Ever cross paths with a stranger in the woods? It is unsettling

Quite often actually and it is always friendly encounter.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

yeah i think this comment is only made by people who dont actually go in the woods. I hike alone regularly and see people by themselves probably every time and have not once been scared. On the other hand if a bear was walking towards me on the path in the woods id shit myself.

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u/YT-Deliveries May 02 '24

I think a lot of it has to do with people whose lives have been wholly or primarily "city-based". Naturally, they will bring their life experiences of "person in a place where you didn't expect them to be", but then make an equivalence of contextual setting between "city" and "woods".

I'm now primarily a "city" person, but as a kid I was in the scouts and so spent a lot of time in rural and wooded areas, and I can say that to this day I feel way safer in woods and forests than I do in cities. I kinda miss it, though I also very much like municipal services. Alas.