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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If we are talking about odds, I'd rather run into a bear than any human being in the woods regardless of skin color because humans kill humans in an exponentially greater number than bears kill humans.

So sure. I'd rather run into a bear than a black person in the woods. Or a white person. Or a brown person. Or even a blue person. And you do have a small chance running into one of the blue ones in one area that's bear country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is wrong reasoning though. The only reason why bears kill less humans is because like you say, less bears interact with humans. But if you go with the premise of putting a bear and a human next to each other, then a bear is always more dangerous.

It's like saying ingesting cyanide kills less people than car accidents. That doesn't mean ingesting cyanide is less dangerous than driving a car.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I thought we were talking about odds?

Why did you bring up odds if this was about the "right" reasoning?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh I thought you were talking about smurfs and not the Fugates and I'm delighted when I see smurfs. It means the drugs are working