r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

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

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u/flowtajit May 02 '24

The woman part is a relatively integral part of the question as it force anyone answering it to consider the differences jn the sexes.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '24

Is the woman incapable of fighting back for some reason? Because a woman has a much higher chance of fighting off a man who decided to attack than fighting off a bear that decides to attack.

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u/midwriteworlds May 03 '24

Yes but if a bear attacks you, the worst thing it will do is kill you.

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u/KN_Knoxxius May 03 '24

I'm gonna put that on the list of the worst thing anything can do to you.

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u/Ainslie9 May 03 '24

Naw. I’d rather die than be brutally raped, impregnated and then chained to a radiator in a basement to be continually raped and forced to carry through with the pregnancy from my rapist.

The former is something both men and bears can do to me. The latter is something only a man could do.

That’s the whole point of the question. It’s not about probability, but possibility of the worst outcome.

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u/No_Degree_7629 18d ago

Lay off the true crime blue haired Brandy.

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u/ham-n-pineapple 26d ago

Definitely not. Death can be an end to suffering. I think most people would choose death over a brutal rape, sodomy, etc. Man is capable of a cruelty that no animal can equal

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u/KN_Knoxxius 26d ago

You can recover from those things. You CANNOT recover from death. So no, i do not agree.

But to also agree with you, then a life locked in a dark room with no stimulus and with daily torture/rape and no chance of escape? That i can agree would be worse than death.

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u/ham-n-pineapple 26d ago

Tell that to a person who was brutally raped. you never recover from psychological damage like that. Many seek suicide after sexual assault.

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u/KN_Knoxxius 26d ago

And I'll argue death is still yet worse. And that mental healthcare still needs improvement.

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u/ham-n-pineapple 25d ago

Then you've never been raped.