This is in some sense more akin to what we normally do. No other place in the world has a man over 160. 1.
Humans seem to use a number of heuristics, rather than actual logic.
The second is simply more representative of the whole class of outcomes. So, when we judge the likelihood or probablitiy of uncertain events, we do so on the basis of representativeness. Context can also matter, as it makes some aspects more available. Framing decisions - biases. Asian disease example.