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Saying: "It's better to be lucky than good"
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Author:  Foamy [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:13 am ]
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You know the saying. Or if you don't, you can't say you don't anymore.

Well, which is it? Explain your answer and be sure to cite all of your sources, cross your I's and dot all your T's.

Me, I'd rather be good than lucky. Consistency FTW, rather than the occasional miracle outcome.
Author:  Mookhow [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:18 am ]
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I'm not familiar with the saying. Does it mean "good" as in good alignment? Or "good" as in skilled?
Author:  Müs [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:19 am ]
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Good can be learned with experience.

Lucky is inherent :)
Author:  Micheal [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:22 am ]
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Lucky doesn't always mean good luck. Bad luck can be involved as well.

I choose good.
Author:  Imperi [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:28 am ]
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I would say it's better to be lucky, because good is dependent on your luck. The luck of your genes and environment makes you either good or bad at what you do. I'll use this to rate myself in terms of luck. (I realize I'm interpreting this thread differently than most)

My family - Lucky. have a great one, very supportive.
Friends - Unlucky. Currently I have a poor social life, partly because my friends are all far away.
Intelligence - Lucky. Far above average
Motivation - Unlucky. I'm naturally quite lazy
Social Skills - Unlucky... other people are more sociable and better at making friends than me
Looks and Fitness - Neither... about average for my age
Employment - Lucky. Make more than most my age, with good benefits
Manic Depressive - Very unlucky. Somehow I managed to fall into the bottom 2% here... right now experiencing the latter... it's not fun
Author:  Gorse [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:36 am ]
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There is way too much chance in counting on luck, I prefer the good option.

Exception, being lucky in love, which I am/have been.
Author:  Hopwin [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:16 pm ]
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I chose luck. Because even when you're good at something there is always someone better.
Author:  Beryllin [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:24 pm ]
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I chose "good", because as a Christian I do not believe "luck" exists in the way it is thought of nowadays. Nothing happens that God does not allow, and it seems to me that luck has nothing to do with it.
Author:  Ulfynn [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:49 pm ]
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"Good"
I'd rather be skilled than rely on random chance (which is the closest thing to Luck that I can fully believe in).
Author:  Diamondeye [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:49 pm ]
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I choose "good", as in to mean either skilled or morally good. There is no such thing as being "lucky" if you're skilled. If you're not, "lucky" is just a statistical anomoly than can fail you at any time.
Author:  DFK! [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:34 pm ]
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Lucky.

All the skills in the world won't help if the winds of Fate turn against you.
Author:  Talya [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:45 pm ]
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Lucky. (Assuming I believed in Luck, which I don't.)

Good is a choice, but ultimately, nothing that happens to you is within your control. You can only try to influence things. If you're lucky, everything goes your way regardless of whether you're good. If you're good, you can still fail.
Author:  Elmarnieh [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:47 pm ]
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Good, I can more often influence outcomes than by sheer luck which may once in a great while prove better than being above proficient.
Author:  DFK! [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:48 pm ]
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Talya wrote:
Lucky. (Assuming I believed in Luck, which I don't.)



Yea, it's important to note that I'm assuming Luck to be real when answering this poll.
Author:  Hopwin [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:08 pm ]
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Beryllin wrote:
I chose "good", because as a Christian I do not believe "luck" exists in the way it is thought of nowadays. Nothing happens that God does not allow, and it seems to me that luck has nothing to do with it.

Doesn't that negate the entire concept of free-will? I didn't think christianity was down with predestination?
Author:  damaged [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:27 pm ]
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If you're good, you can make your own luck.
Author:  Aethien [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:43 pm ]
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Lucky. I'm good at a lot of things, none of which have particularly worked out well for me. But, as far as luck goes, I frequently seem to be in the right place at the right time.

Of course, that could be because I'm good, and people want to have me around while looking to fill a position, etc., but, hey, I didn't makeup the poll.
Author:  Nevandal [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:44 pm ]
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damaged wrote:
If you're good, you can make your own luck.



this
Author:  Diamondeye [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:09 pm ]
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Hopwin wrote:
Beryllin wrote:
I chose "good", because as a Christian I do not believe "luck" exists in the way it is thought of nowadays. Nothing happens that God does not allow, and it seems to me that luck has nothing to do with it.

Doesn't that negate the entire concept of free-will? I didn't think christianity was down with predestination?


Depends what particular denomination you're a part of. Note Bery says that nothing happens that God doesn't allow, not nothing happens that He doesn't ordain.
Author:  Midgen [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:31 pm ]
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With good, you can make your own 'luck'.

Of course this only applies to things that generally require some sort of skill or aptitude, such as sports and games.

If I'm buying Lottery tickets, give me the "Luck" please. There is no such thing as being good at that....
Author:  Hopwin [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:44 am ]
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To expand on this a bit, it seems to me that all of the important things in life center around being lucky rather than good.

You can be good at dating but are lucky to find the one.

You can be a good sibling, daughter or son but you are lucky to have your family.

You were lucky to be born in a free nation (unless you're Canadian).

You can be a good friend but you are lucky to have good ones.
Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:15 am ]
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Being "good" is a skillset or whatever. Luck is universal. Luck (if you believe in such a thing) can carry you through what the other guy is good at, but it also applies to other things, too.
Author:  Rafael [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:39 am ]
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Hopwin wrote:
Beryllin wrote:
I chose "good", because as a Christian I do not believe "luck" exists in the way it is thought of nowadays. Nothing happens that God does not allow, and it seems to me that luck has nothing to do with it.

Doesn't that negate the entire concept of free-will? I didn't think christianity was down with predestination?


Essentially. If you believe in rigid determinism, there isn't much room for free will. If Newtonian mechanics were still the best conceptualization of the universe, the whole history of existence could be considered nothing but the most elaborate and lengthy trick pool shot of all time.
Author:  Ladas [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:44 am ]
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That assumes there is a 1 to 1 correlation that God, or whatever, is not aware of all the potential outcomes of any given decision, or string of decisions, and rather than deny 1 choice out of 2, merely disallows one choice out of hundreds.
Author:  Rafael [ Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:50 am ]
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My statement assumes an omnipotent and omniscient God.
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