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qazplm135

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9. It's all language

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 11:14 PM

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Cause can be a reason for something happening and yet there be no "reason" for something happening aka purpose or plan.

We have words that can mean multiple and disparate things like "reason."

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do you think that life has different outcomes depending on choice or luck ? I think it is based on luck. I have watched [View all] debm55 Tuesday OP

Given that 'luck' is not actually a real thing, my answer is 'anything but luck'. AZJonnie Tuesday #1

Luck is chance qazplm135 Tuesday #7

To the extent that one uses the math/statistics based definition, yes, 'chance', aka 'probability' ... is real :) AZJonnie Tuesday #8

It's all language qazplm135 Tuesday #9

I mean "reason" here strictly as in "causal" :) AZJonnie Yesterday #10

I don't believe I said anywhere qazplm135 Yesterday #11

I didn't mean to imply that you did AZJonnie Yesterday #12

I don't think that's what they are saying qazplm135 Yesterday #14

It's all based on who you know not what you know. Clouds Passing Tuesday #2

Agree. nepotism, No matter how hard you work. If one doesn;t have the right ties, you really don;t have a chance. debm55 Tuesday #5

Some of each, really. surrealAmerican Tuesday #3

Agree with you surrealAmerican. debm55 Tuesday #6

I think you have to allow that it is (most often) some combination ... stopdiggin Tuesday #4

I think it's a mix. Some luck, good+ financial conditions in the family growing up, effort... electric_blue68 Yesterday #13

Luck or choice? LogDog75 15 hrs ago #15