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Reasons why 'luck' does not exist.

Laila 247

If you believe luck does not exist or you don't believe in luck, share some of your reasons and explanations.

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Reply 1

Katie97

How can someone not believe in luck?
If you flip a coin and call heads and it's heads, that's evidence of luck.

Reply 2

ipoop

Original post by Katie97

How can someone not believe in luck?
If you flip a coin and call heads and it's heads, that's evidence of luck.

How is it 'luck' though... It was bound to be heads or tails...

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Reply 3

james22

Luck only exists in the sense that the randomness that occurs all over the world will inevitably favour someone people more than others.

Reply 4

Elcor

Original post by ipoop

How is it 'luck' though... It was bound to be heads or tails...

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I'm pretty sure she wasn't being serious.

Reply 5

ipoop

Original post by Elcor

I'm pretty sure she wasn't being serious.

It's hard to tell without a smiley at the end :tongue:

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Reply 6

tazarooni89

Original post by ipoop

How is it 'luck' though... It was bound to be heads or tails...

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Luck exists from your point of view, because you didn't know what the result would be in advance. As far as you're concerned it's a 50:50 chance (even if from "God's point of view" it was certain to be heads).

Reply 7

Economi

There isn't luck, only probability.

Reply 8

Clayton2k14

Well, we eventually die. Either by luck not being there to prevent our deaths or there are simply new generations pushing us into our graves

Reply 9

ChildishHambino

Original post by Katie97

How can someone not believe in luck?
If you flip a coin and call heads and it's heads, that's evidence of luck.

no it's not

Define 'luck'.

Luck exists but not in a physical form. It's probably more mythical. Actually, yeah, it doesn't exist but a lot still say stuff like 'good luck', because we as humans want to believe it will help.

Could argue it's similar to religion, except one is linked to probability and the other to...well...

Reply 12

ChildishHambino

Original post by tazarooni89

thats not luck that's just probability.

Reply 13

eco1995

I am a great believer in luck. I find the harder I work, the more of it I have.

Reply 14

noone29

Original post by eco1995

I am a great believer in luck. I find the harder I work, the more of it I have.

That's just your hard work paying off. It's just like a job interview, the more you prepare, the more likely you are to getting the job and thus, your mind will fixate on 'luck'.

Reply 15

eco1995

Original post by noone29

That's just your hard work paying off. It's just like a job interview, the more you prepare, the more likely you are to getting the job and thus, your mind will fixate on 'luck'.

It's a famous quote by Thomas Jefferson. It means you create your own luck.

Reply 16

noone29

Original post by eco1995

It's a famous quote by Thomas Jefferson. It means you create your own luck.

Gotcha

Reply 17

tazarooni89

Original post by ChildishHambino

thats not luck that's just probability.

That's what luck is though - just probability, whereby one outcome is considered particularly desirable. When people win the lottery it's just probability - out of so many people playing, someone will eventually win. But it's "luck" because it's a desirable outcome which occurred even though, from a prior point of view, it didn't necessarily have to.

Reply 18

josh_cook

Obviously not since we live in a deterministic universe...

Reply 19

tazarooni89

I see what you mean - though I'd call that believing in superstitions rather than believing in luck.

As I understand it, "superstition" involves a person thinking that they influence future events with their actions in unusual ways (e.g. thinking that blowing on a dice before rolling it will get them a six, or smashing a mirror will get them run over by a train).

Whereas the concept of luck is more of an acceptance that you're not the one influencing future events, and that the outcome is for the most part independent of your actions. For example, being an experienced snakes and ladders player won't help you win the game, because it's purely a matter of luck.