Comment on The men vs. bear saga reaches the inevitable conclusion
RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Versus how many fatal man attacks? Not even gonna look it up 🤷
Dunno how this is conclusiv- ohhhh right, confirmation bias. Forgot about that. grumbles noisily
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Well, if we’re going to be pedantic, then this is not a valid comparison to make because it ignores the number of total encounters with bears and men, and the time spent with each.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If we want to get really pedantic we have to look at stats specifically for cases where a woman was in the woods, with no other entity besides a man or a bear. With it conveniently being impossible to compile that information, I’d bet the ratio of assaults per encounter would be higher with the men than the bears.
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Absolutely depends on proximity, and probably how close we are to (bear) mating season. And type of bear, for that matter. If we’re including all men with no restrictions, it’s only fair to include all bears too, right?
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol, did anyone say we were limiting to a certain type of bear? Is there some specific species you think will really turn the tide statistically?