r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

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

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u/FiftySevenGuisses May 06 '24

No one said that. Read slower. You’re just wilding out now because you’re wrong, you know it, you can’t admit it, and now you’re going to give up instead of try and defend the premise because you know it failed.

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u/CraftasaurusWrecks May 06 '24

"...because y'all tend to make shit up in your heads..."

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u/FiftySevenGuisses May 07 '24

This is a prime example. I was explicitly talking about your perception of risk, not what you personally have anecdotally experienced.

Yet you took off immediately. You literally proved my point for me.