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Life is all chance, that's either luck or bad-luck depending on which side of it you are on. |
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You make a good point that the superstitious impulse appears to be deeply ingrained in all of us.
Even those who, with their intellect, reject overarching supernatural explanations for things, still
sometimes find themselves drawn to more petty supernatural beliefs.
Even I, as an atheist, feel that I will never be fully able to escape the consequences of my early
childhood conditioning to supernatural beliefs. I imagine religion is still prevalent enough in our
culture that most atheists are, in fact, lapsed religionists. It would be interesting to see how
children raised as atheists view the world : Whether non-religious supernatural beliefs have any
more or less appeal to them.
The psychological impulse which leads people to embrace both religion and a belief in luck is
essentially the same : Fear that we are mere insignificant creatures afloat on a sea of randomness,
buffeted by forces beyond our control. |
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I sort of agree, you have already stated in your opener why it is not a religion.
What I see time and time again everywhere, not just on this site, is people misunderstanding luck,
probability and coincidence. Some put down extremely unlikely events down to proof of god without
understanding that the most unlikely thing to happen is that extremely unlikely things never happen.
(I think that makes sense).
Here is a little tester I read recently that so many fail to grasp: If I had a dice that was
weighted so it was 25% more likely to fall on a 6 which of these two outcomes would be more
likely:-
2,4,6,1,3,5
2,4,6,1,3,5,6
It is not unusual for people to get this wrong.
Another one:- If you flip a coin 5 times which of these two outcomes is most likely.
HTTHT
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Just watch "Deal or No Deal" on TV to see how little people understand about probability. Frequently
the same ones who believe in superstition and supernatural forces. |
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I would agree with this. Atheist even believe everything came about by luck. |
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Your argument isn't as stupid as creationism, but still pretty dumb. Luck is just as supernatural
and superstitious as gods and fairies, and most references to it are cultural, implying no belief at
all.
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It's manner of speaking hoping that the person does good in something. I'm atheist and I use oh god
as figure of speech. |
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Well, I believe in God, and sometimes also use the word "good luck" too: I do not feel that is
inconsistent.
Words are descriptive means of implying states of being and experiences most precisely.
Luck is kinda verbage these days in a manner of speaking.
Faith is without need for further commentary;self-explanatory. |
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Agreed please do stereotype that we all greet eachother with luck. Also goodluck is just a figure of
speech meaning i hope you do well in your endevors. |
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Please do not put words or thoughts in other's mouths. Simply because you don't understand what
natural selection means, or is all about, and need an implausible explanation of your own to explain
things, doesn't give you the right to misrepresent those that disagree with you. One more time:
Evolutionary process and Natural selection have NOTHING whatsoever to do with luck. If you knew a
thing about it, instead of simply reacting defensively, you might give yourself the opportunity to
learn that. |
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I hear what you're saying, but I don't even think of luck as luck. Just as another example of the
law of big numbers paying off. |
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As the saying goes, "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity."
There is only random chance, but when one makes the effort to minimize things that could go wrong
(also called work, something the religious want to avoid), events are more likely to go in
one's favour.
The religious, on the other hand, expect prayer to be the solution and they themselves depend on
luck. |
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"luck" is not an explanation of events that defy the odds - "luck" is perfectly within the odds -
the odds don't say when a "winning" combination of events will occur just the probability that out
of so many possibilities it will occur - Schroedinger's Cat - physics can very accurately predict
the decay of an isotope but cannot predict at all which specific electron will be lost - |
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