Rex Kerr
Jun 12, 2024

Uh, you do realize that 1 in 10 would mean that every solo female hiker would have been raped and murdered multiple times on most every long multi-day hike, right?

Under the conditions posed by the man vs bear question, the number is astoundingly lower than one in ten, at least in westernized countries.

That's why this question isn't a question of relative risk. Almost nobody gets both risks right even to within a factor of a hundred, which means they can't compare them, which means this isn't about actual risk. When men or women are talking about relative risks, they almost always miss the point. You can't compare ??? with ???? and have a sensible conclusion. You can, however, adopt a posture that makes a statement.

Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

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One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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