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>> Society deify successful people when in reality they are nothing more than serial lottery winners This is absolutely false and a terrible thing to perpetuat

>> Society deify successful people when in reality they are nothing more than serial lottery winners This is absolutely false and a terrible thing to perpetuate. Work ethic has the highest controllable coefficient to success as an output. Luck exists and the universe is probabilistic, yes, but it is not non-deterministic. This self-lashing of our community and amongst the populist movement that is growing in popularity in the EU and US is ridiculous, reducing the sum total of human achievement into lucky chance rather than actually understanding the probabilistic universe and knowing that while our actions do not wholly determine our fate, they play the single largest role we have control over, and as such, it would be better to believe the myth that we have full control over our destiny rather than this ridiculous concept that luck controls ~100% of circumstance. Probability theory needs to be taught in primary school, apparently, because for members of even this community, the fallacy of determinism and binary outcomes run rampant.

petra 7y ago
>> it would be better to believe the myth that we have full control over our destiny rather than this ridiculous concept that luck controls ~100% of circumstance. Why think in black and white ? We have a lot impact on our lives, but there's also some luck involved, especially if we want to achieve extreme things.
confidantlake 7y ago
I believe genetics is more important than work ethic for being a pro soccer player.
- TwoHeadedBeast 7y ago
  You need both. To be the top one percent of what you do, you need natural ability and dedication.
  - confidantlake 7y ago
    You absolutely do, but I think there are a lot more people who have dedication than have talent.
viklove 7y ago
> reducing the sum total of human achievement into lucky chance Not the sum total of achievement, just a single individual's achievement. An individual's achievement can indeed be attributed ~100% to luck. For every Einstein there are hundreds of equally brilliant geniuses who died picking cotton in a field.

petra 7y ago

>> it would be better to believe the myth that we have full control over our destiny rather than this ridiculous concept that luck controls ~100% of circumstance. Why think in black and white ? We have a lot impact on our lives, but there's also some luck involved, especially if we want to achieve extreme things.

confidantlake 7y ago

I believe genetics is more important than work ethic for being a pro soccer player.

TwoHeadedBeast 7y ago
You need both. To be the top one percent of what you do, you need natural ability and dedication.
- confidantlake 7y ago
  You absolutely do, but I think there are a lot more people who have dedication than have talent.

viklove 7y ago

> reducing the sum total of human achievement into lucky chance Not the sum total of achievement, just a single individual's achievement. An individual's achievement can indeed be attributed ~100% to luck. For every Einstein there are hundreds of equally brilliant geniuses who died picking cotton in a field.