Lady Luck
Have you ever wondered why Luck is sometimes called Lady Luck, as in why a lady? When does one get lucky? When Lady Luck smiles to one? So when someone strikes 4D, does it mean that that someone is lucky?
But if the someone did not buy 4D to begin with, then that someone would never be "lucky" enough to strike 4D; does it mean that luck contains an element of choice too? On the other hand, my car licence plate number came up 2nd prize but I did not buy, does it on the contrary suggests that I am unlucky? Or have I made a choice not to be able to be "lucky"?
A lot of times in our lives, we have encountered moments when we would exclaim in wonder and relief, "wow, luckily..." or "how lucky of me to have...". So once again, is it really the work of Lady Luck or it is a twist of events due to certain choices we make?
Some people argue that we can predict our future up to 90% accuracy - e.g. we can make appointments with friends (out of our own free will) which we are confident of happening - from how we plan our time of departure and gauge the duration of transport time to meeting the person at a particular place. Yet very often, we take the accuracy and precision of these predictions for granted and we say in dismay, "Life is so unpredictable!"
But if the someone did not buy 4D to begin with, then that someone would never be "lucky" enough to strike 4D; does it mean that luck contains an element of choice too? On the other hand, my car licence plate number came up 2nd prize but I did not buy, does it on the contrary suggests that I am unlucky? Or have I made a choice not to be able to be "lucky"?
A lot of times in our lives, we have encountered moments when we would exclaim in wonder and relief, "wow, luckily..." or "how lucky of me to have...". So once again, is it really the work of Lady Luck or it is a twist of events due to certain choices we make?
Some people argue that we can predict our future up to 90% accuracy - e.g. we can make appointments with friends (out of our own free will) which we are confident of happening - from how we plan our time of departure and gauge the duration of transport time to meeting the person at a particular place. Yet very often, we take the accuracy and precision of these predictions for granted and we say in dismay, "Life is so unpredictable!"
posted by kiddy at
23:41
4 Comments:
Eh, 4D or Toto is really about luck, unless you are willing to invest alot of time into computing the probability of a certain number combination (even then I do not know how accurate it can get).
I went to try my luck with 4D on Sunday as well, but guess I have not been lucky enough.
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SJ, at 8/1/07 13:10
Hmm.. I think "Choice" may still be a consequence of "Luck" too. Do you feel that sometimes "Luck" may be a motivation for "Choice"? i.e. you feel that today is a lucky day and thus you decide to buy lottery (may be "luck" at play) and then you really won something!
Well... though I must concede that a habitual gambler will think that everyday is his lucky day!
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Anonymous, at 13/1/07 22:39
"Luck" may be a motivation for "Choice" but eventually it is also a choice to acknowledge such a feeling as motivation right?
spiral argument =)
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kiddy, at 17/1/07 21:54
Personally, I think that it's quite difficult to choose to acknowledge feeling motivated. I may be just pretending to feel motivated in this case. I can choose my source of motivation, but I can't choose to feel. Does it make any sense to you? ;)
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Anonymous, at 19/1/07 13:36
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