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He had SOMETHING on the ball. To deny that is to deny simple evidence.

The question I ask is this, "What was different this time around?"

I disagree.

If I see a dollar down on the subway tracks, and jump down to get it, chances are I'll make it out safely.

If I do it a dozen times, I may still make it out safely, especially if I look for trains carefully first.

If I make it my hobby, I'll be rail pizza within a year.

Even if you're doing something relatively low-risk, you hit the far end of the probability distribution if you do it often enough. This person was attacked by bears in the past, so calling this an isolated incident is incorrect. Sometimes the bears responded favourably, and sometimes they didn't, but this time he didn't get away when he ticked one off.

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