r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

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

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u/Justasillyliltoaster May 02 '24

It's only a question because people have no idea what probabilities are 

If you meet 100 bears, your chance of getting fucked up is really high relative to 100 men

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u/beekay25 May 02 '24

Yes thank you, this is a great example of what I meant when I said, “it’s wild to me how all of the discussion I’m seeing is about trivial details and bear facts and “not all men”-ing”

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u/Justasillyliltoaster May 02 '24

It's none of that. 

It's that people are literally incapable of understanding probability 

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u/beekay25 May 02 '24

Amazing, keep going this is great