The randomness of luck

by Linda C. Turman

Randomness of Luck? Is there such a thing? It's really hard to tell. Some believe it's what they hold in life. A great family that they have created. What job they have that makes it best for them to succeed to where they ...read more

by Kevin Zarbock

I find that by diffenition as I see it luck is simply the prepared mind meating opprotunity. Nothing more and nothing less. There for by having a mind that is open to possibility and is alway alert to possiblit and its pro...read more

by Kodjo Adadevoh

What exactly is luck? Luck has to do with the chance of bringing either good or ill to a person. Whenever we talk about chance, we also talk about the probability of something occurring. A classical example is the coin tos...read more

by lunameow

Good luck, bad luck, no luck... it's such an odd concept. When I bother to tell anyone my entire life story, they always respond the same way: "Wow, you've had more than your share of bad luck!" And, I suppose, they're r...read more

by Jeanine Bender

Ever hear the saying 'if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all'? I think all of us have fit into that category at one point or another. The flip side of that is, just when you think you're in a downward spiral,...read more

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by Beth Burns

Randomness and luck...simply words we use when we find ourselves at a loss for explanation. I find that randomness is key to living a great life. I know it sounds weird, haphazard, maybe scary. I know, I am a recovering...read more

by James Stewart

Moral Luck is an idea brought to light by Thomas Nagel which suggests that whether someone is deemed morally good or bad is often down to luck. There are four distinct types of moral luck and in this article i wish to brie...read more

by Sebastian-

There is simply nothing random or mystical about "luck". With even a basic understanding of statistics you can see how luck is a very simple matter. Coin tosses are a classical example of this idea. Toss a coin twenty time...read more

by Alissa King

So you're driving along and it's been a day. Hump day', that's what we call it; the dead center of the week when you're just trying to get past the mass of the 40 hours you have to put in to get to your weekend. But hump d...read more

by Finjy

"I got lucky today" "Luck is not on my side" "I wish I was that lucky" All are expressions that we have heard and said many times. Luck is a word we use to describe the outcome of an event in comparison to our interes...read more

by G B Singh

Luck fascinates us. More so our imagination! Who does not want to be a fortunate guy?...Or a fortunate gal for that matter! But what do I mean when I say I am fortunate, or someone else is so? Obviously I am re...read more

by Stanley W. Shura

I bet that luck is nothing but the lack of intent. Well, more accurately, the lack of a causal relationship between actions and results. I wonder if we can ever really have, achieve, or even witness such a disconnect. I...read more

by Jade Thompson

Luck is kind of complicated. You have a 50/50 chance of getting something right but a 90% probability of getting it wrong. While betting with those odds you will most likely lose. So if you are playing at a slot machine th...read more

by Jack Lepiarz

Luck is not random. It follows a very distinct and easy-to-follow pattern. You see, most of the year (and I'm speaking purely through my own experience, so other people's experiences may be very different from my own), I'm...read more

by Lisa Hopp

There is no such thing as randomness. Everything happens for a reason and the synchronicities in life are those blessings that come out of no where and their source remains a mystery. There is no such thing as luck. ...read more

by AJ Nold

Luck, I have discovered, is, quite unfortunately, not random. It chooses who it likes and sticks with them for long periods of time, while ignoring others who may or may not crave it intensely. Such is the case in my life....read more

by Thomas Allen Bateham

The randomness of luck is there is no luck. I used to think there was good luck and bad luck. For it seemed I had more bad luck then I did good luck. Though I now know there is no such thing as luck. So there is no randomn...read more

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by pizzaparty

Today I Feel Somethig something tthat really hurts and never wants to leave me alone and it is fear and myself my presonality it scares me myself sometimes i am happy and sometimes things just dont work out i am scared sca...read more

by C.L. Schaffer

Luck does not happen to everyone. If it did then it certainly would not be considered luck. There is one person I know that plays the lottery every single day. They pick the same numbers, go to the same store, and do it...read more

by Tricia Barrett

Luck, actually, is not the random element we should be discussing but in fact its apposing partner - 'unluck'! I recently decided not to believe. I stopped saluting magpies (their population is growing anyway, it's becom...read more