RE: If Not Hell then what?
May 23, 2013 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 12:35 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
(May 23, 2013 at 11:44 am)Sal Wrote: To me "luck" is just incidents that were not entirely predictable; sorta like "random" with the human condition mixed into it.
Yes! But the variables or conditions to an event or incident can be understood in some part. From a basic understanding of the conditions that could potentially produce such an occurrence or out come, you can begin to measure levels of predictability. If a certain result shows to be unlikely, it can be accurately described as "lucky" when it occurs without understanding of the process. Once all the variables are understood or even a larger amount of them are, predictions can be more accurately made, unlikely occurences can be anticipated to be more rare than others and when they happen, it's not necessarily lucky at that point, but an aticipated rare occurence that can be expected, rare as it may be. Look at our universe! Considering the variables we understand and the conditions that more commonly exist, we're pretty fortunate to be here, and i'd say "lucky" is an accurate assessment of the formation of the universe, not magic!