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Originally Posted by Pie
On the average, people with good decision making skills (either from genetic predisposition or acquired understanding) will tend to fare better than their less gifted counterparts.
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This is true. Absolutely. But I do know a ton of examples of it being, not true. So some of it is blind luck. Rlly.
Like my brother. He is gifted, but he is also handicapped and had no choice over his genetic predisposition. Heh. He was actually born doomed by a latent genetic problem, and there was no choice anyone could make about it. Bad luck. The fact that he has survived this long, is all good luck, and the scrupulous choices he personally has made.
Luck can make all the difference or no difference at all. I like the irony. I say luck.
There was an anger management teacher that I knew, that let me sit in on classes once. (I was
so curious) She was actually teaching people how to make better choices. She was very successful and was making money hand over fist with these mostly, court-mandated courses. She was a trained psychologist of course,but then she died in an auto accident on the highway. Bad luck. Just a couple of seconds of bad luck can make all the difference. Slippery road..smash.
I knew a kid that was modest and making art. He got in a car with one of his friends, and the friend lost control of the car in the rain. Died instantly. That kid was cool. It's too bad. I was actually funding some of his art materials when I could....Bad luck. For a couple of seconds, terrible luck. He was making all the right choices, despite the environment he grew up in, and was very talented...A very quiet, talented, nice kid. A couple of seconds of bad luck, and he is no longer with us. You can try and blame this on him for this or that, but I don't think you can.
You can tell me what happens on the average, but I am still watching the show, and it is definitely not at it's conclusion.
Heh, I've seen terrible people that fare well. It's aaaall luck. I do believe in making proper choices because it's a moral imperative.I do believe in making proper choices because of a positive logical outcome. Everything else is luck.
