What Is Luck?

Do you feel lucky?
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Is luck real? It might feel like a mystical force tugging us toward good or bad fortune, but it turns out luck is really where probability runs into the human mind. That’s right, there’s a scientific side to luck, and if you study a few principles of math and psychology, you might even be able to create your own good fortune.

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[besmart]

What's the luckiest thing that's ever happened to you, good OR bad?

[Blindboard]

"Luck is simply probability taken personally"
-I forgot who said this

[jl_legend]

Great video, reminds me a Chinese proverb I came across recently :
'Once there was a Chinese farmer who worked his poor farm together with his son and their horse. When the horse ran off one day, neighbors came to say, “How unfortunate for you!” The farmer replied, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
When the horse returned, followed by a herd of wild horses, the neighbors gathered around and exclaimed, “What good luck for you!” The farmer stayed calm and replied, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
While trying to tame one of wild horses, the farmer’s son fell, and broke his leg. He had to rest up and couldn’t help with the farm chores. “How sad for you, ” the neighbors cried. “Maybe yes, maybe no, ” said the farmer.
Shortly thereafter, a neighboring army threatened the farmer’s village. All the young men in the village were drafted to fight the invaders. Many died. But the farmer’s son had been left out of the fighting because of his broken leg. People said to the farmer, “What a good thing your son couldn’t fight!” “Maybe yes, maybe no, ” was all the farmer said.'

[brettito]

"Luck is where preparation meets opportunity" -- My Grandfather.

[sherylhosler]

Wish you'd added "confirmation bias" to your discussion of noticing patterns in luck - I feel like that's an important idea, especially in today's atmosphere

[djough]

The wealthiest guy I've ever known personally told me years ago that luck is when opportunity and preparedness meet. He told me that you make your own luck and the key is being prepared mentally to be able to recognize opportunity. Opportunity is smacking you in the face constantly but most people aren't mentally ready and can't see it because they are looking for the forest through the trees or are too scared of failure to change their way of thinking. Easier said than done. Mistakes are proof you are trying. Correcting mistakes are proof you are growing. Thanks Joe.

[beenusirimanne]

What is luck?
The one thing that doesn't exist or happen in my life.
:(

[TheVayacondios]

A professor from State University of Tetova explained luck in a really amazing way. Imagine you have 100 question to learn bc 10 of them will be at the exam. Now you learn only 10 of them and in the exam out of 100questions those 10 that you learned are chosen for your finals. Therefore "When practice meets opportunity = LUCK".. I believe its a good explanation, what you think?

[Bella_Rei]

I often find that people that expect good things to happen end up crushed more when things don't go their way.

[clean]

1:15 MASTER OF PUPPETS IS PULLING YOUR STRINGS! \M/

[mikefingbond]

"You don't need luck when you can cheat" - Tom Brady

[kevenmontambault]

Well I thought it was 10% luck, 20% skill, 15% concentrated power of
will. 5% pleasure, 50% pain and a 100% reason to remember the name.

[TheWolf]

Luck is just what we call a favourable coincidence

[captainskinder]

"What is luck?"
Me: something that i dont have

[atomicwalker]

Everything that happens in this world is the outcome of the interactions of certain molecules. For example, when you kick a ball and you score it's because the molecules of your foot, of the ball, of the air...interacted in a way that brought that outcome. But, when the outcome is something that we would not expect (low chance of it happening) then we characterize it as luck (good luck if the outcome is "beneficial" for us and bad luck if not). That's how I see it.

[eurasiaacaci.-]

"Most opportunity are created by luck, but it takes skill and dedication to made those luck into success"

- Technoblade

[call_me_mrhate]

My teacher littaraly spent half of first quarter talked about self fulfilling prophecies such a good class

[moonraven]

Happy birthday to this channel it was created on March 17 2012 and today is March 17 2017 today this channel is 5 years old

[vinithraguraman]

5:05 New Normal
Me: Covid 19?
2021: You luckily stay alvie!

[realm_undefined]

Luck plays a critical role when it comes to accessing opportunities (born rich, white privilege, etc.), and career (being in the right place at the right time). Luck is the collection of factors that are outside of our control. The only thing we can manage is our response to events. Persistence does improve things for some people some of the times but never always.