| richardhutnik said:
* Michael Jordan. Exactly WHAT did have to do with his possession of pure athleticism that got him where he was? Same goes for a number of these top athletes. If they didn't get lucky in the gene pool, would they of ever got where they were? Based on this, anyone want to argue that it isn't mostly luck that leads to fortune or extreme wealth? |
You are just defining luck in such a way that your point is a tautology.
If things such as athletic ability are given to us by luck of genetics., then so are things such as intelligence, emotional aptitude, charisma and common sense. That way, if someone succeeds in creating an invention due to their intelligence, convincing someone to give them the start up capital using their charisma and then successfully monetising the invention using his common sense and emotional aptitude, then by your definition he has succeeded 100% by luck. This of course leads to the conclusion that all success is due to luck.
