Posted: 3/3/2017 7:37:04 PM EDT
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You can be smart or lucky.... only one!
What do you choose ? I would prefer to be smart. |
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Luck doesn't exist, it's a figment of the human imagination and stems from our inability to grasp how the infinite variables of reality intersect. The idea that there's some force called luck that can bend reality to someone's advantage is superstition.
So I will choose intelligence. |
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Luck doesn't exist, it's a figment of the human imagination and stems from our inability to grasp how the infinite variables of reality intersect. The idea that there's some force called luck that can bend reality to someone's advantage is superstition. So I will choose intelligence. luck may not exist, but Murphy does. I can damn near predict the future based on Murphy's law |
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luck may not exist, but Murphy does. I can damn near predict the future based on Murphy's law Quoted:
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Luck doesn't exist, it's a figment of the human imagination and stems from our inability to grasp how the infinite variables of reality intersect. The idea that there's some force called luck that can bend reality to someone's advantage is superstition. So I will choose intelligence. luck may not exist, but Murphy does. I can damn near predict the future based on Murphy's law That's like saying luck doesn't exist but bad luck exists. Murphy's law is a cute way of telling people to anticipate and prepare for when something bad happens. |
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I consider myself pretty smart. Not highly intelligent book smart, but loaded with common sense.
My boss is very lucky. He lucked into his position years ago because of timing and he played golf. He goes with us to Vegas on work trips and brings home a minimum of $10,000 in winning each time he has gone in the past 4 or 5 years.  I play the same machines and can't do shit. He walks up to one, drops in a hundred, plays it two or three times and wins $1000+
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Luck doesn't exist, it's a figment of the human imagination and stems from our inability to grasp how the infinite variables of reality intersect. The idea that there's some force called luck that can bend reality to someone's advantage is superstition. So I will choose intelligence. The smarter you are, and the harder you work the "luckier" you tend to be. |
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Luck doesn't exist, it's a figment of the human imagination and stems from our inability to grasp how the infinite variables of reality intersect. The idea that there's some force called luck that can bend reality to someone's advantage is superstition. So I will choose intelligence. Consider the case of 2 people born on the same day in the same hospital. One person with severe mental and physical disabilities that plague him his entire life, the other grows up to have a superior intellect, an athlete's physique, and the face of a movie star. Neither of these situations were brought about through any action or inaction on their part. Sure, they might be attributed to actions taken by their parents, but as far as these individuals are concerned, these conditions were just thrust upon them. What word would we use to describe a situation where 2 children can be born with such disparate conditions? Luck? It sure seems like it fits, even if we know there isn't a scientific basis for the concept of luck. We need a word that describes (not explains, but describes) situations like this where seemingly random (or made up of unknown and uncontrollable variables) result in drastically different outcomes for seemingly similar situations. Luck is the word we use to describe that. |
