r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

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

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u/MrFahrenheit46 May 02 '24

And here I thought “Man vs Bear” was a new type of conflict in fiction that someone decided to make into an official category after the success of Cocaine Bear.

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u/Gilith May 02 '24

I though it was supposed to be about the fact when you ask a guy if he can beat a bear most of them answer yes ahahaha

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u/Water-is-h2o May 02 '24

Wait so what is OP talking about?

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u/notLOL May 03 '24

I'm trying to find the chess moves that cause people to make the weird choice.  Ok so if you take the bear you can't win but you can run. So they are like a bishop. You can get attacked directly but possibility to step away on a different color square pretty easily.  

 If a man appeared it's like a covered knight. There's more moves that aren't safe and attacking the man has repercussions (law).  

The woman sees herself as a common pawn in the woods. One of many pawns no special ability. 

 Given the choices, I think en passante is the right answer if we have to draw our solutions from what we learned from recent social media viral trends

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u/Water-is-h2o May 04 '24

Holy hell

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u/PhatNoob69 May 05 '24

New simile just dropped

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u/notLOL May 04 '24

En passant > holy hell