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What is the bear vs man thought experiment? ›

In the latest viral debate taking over TikTok, users are asking women whether they'd rather be trapped in the woods with a man or a bear, and many are choosing the bear, stating that a man may pose more potential danger than the wild animal—and the trend is sparking conversations about violence against women.

The question, directed towards women, seems simple: Would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear? While there's no unanimous answer, a good number of women on TikTok, Instagram and X have made it clear they'd prefer the bear.

The “man vs. bear debate,” in which women contemplate which one would make the better companion in the woods, has recently taken TikTok by storm. To the surprise of some men, women have leaned heavily in favor of the bear.

This fallacy occurs when an argument presents two options as if they are the only possible choices, even though other possibilities exist. The argument assumes that one must either encounter a bear or a man, without considering other possible situations.

The white bear problem describes Daniel Wegner's experiments in which subjects who were told not to think about a white bear had a heightened awareness of the object, meaning their intent to not focus on the object backfired. The ironic process model is the cognitive model that explains this paradoxical effect.

In the video, a man asks eight women if they'd rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear. Seven out of eight women said they'd prefer the bear. This led to a long stream of commentary from women describing their fear of men and male violence.

A question posed by a guy addressed to several young women. And a video that went viral on TikTok. "Would you rather be stuck alone in a forest with a man or a bear?". According to the debate, the preference of those who responded was clear, and clearly in favour of the animal.

There's a famous riddle about a hunter who walks one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north and ends up right back where he started. He sees a bear and shoots it. What color is the bear? The accepted answer is white; the hunter is at the North Pole and the bear is a polar bear.

Removing and securing attractants is much more effective at reducing bear problems than trapping and moving bears. Moving a problem bear can cause problems elsewhere because the bear is forced to find food in a new area, and often the easiest source of food in a foreign environment for a bear is birdseed or trash.

Each bear has their own preference of food and beds. After testing all three examples of both items, Goldilocks determines that one of them is always too much in one extreme (too hot or too large), one is too much in the opposite extreme (too cold or too small), and one is "just right".

What is the origin of the man vs bear debate? ›

The origins are not entirely known but some say the debate, which has been going on for weeks, began after a TikTok account Screenshot HQ posted a video of two hosts discussing this 'man or bear' topic. The clip, which was posted on 10 April, has been viewed over 16.7 million times.

At the other end of the scale, though, a concerning eight percent of Americans say they could defeat a gorilla, an elephant or a lion with their bare hands. An even more staggering six percent of those surveyed fancy their chances against a grizzly bear.

The meme is a viral sensation that seems to have originated with a 29-second TikTok video in which women were asked whether they'd rather be stuck in the woods with a man or a bear. This being a hypothetical question asked by an engagement-hunting influencer, rather than real life, almost all the women chose the bear.

The 'man or bear' test that says everything about violence against women. There is a theoretical question being asked across social media platforms at the moment; "would you rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear?" It's women, of course, who are the focus of the trend.

Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order ...