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I believe in providence - blessings.
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Luck, is it worth believing in
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I believe in providence - blessings.
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More fool you.
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Luck being a matter of statistical probability, it is worth believing in statistical probability because that is how the world works; deterministically.
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Magically effecting changes to the normal course events in the world to favour oneself, luck, whether purely by an act of will or intervention of a magical entity, god. Yeah right.
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Religion is the metaphysical equivalent of wearing brown underwear in case you have an accident.
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The macro world is deterministic, like it or not, therefore a ''defense'' is not needed. The things that need defending are beliefs in an invisible, undetectable entity throwing ''luck'' in the direction the true believer.
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The 'macro world' ?
So now there's partial determinism.
What happens at the boundary between micro and macro?
Is global warming part of the macro/deterministic model?
Can a human deliberately instigate a butterfly effect?
So now there's partial determinism.
What happens at the boundary between micro and macro?
Is global warming part of the macro/deterministic model?
Can a human deliberately instigate a butterfly effect?
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QM has yet to be reconciled with macro scale physics. We have physics of scale. We have something like 8 or 9 interpretations of quantum with at least four of these being deterministic.
But none of this helps to establish a case for luck or favour coming your way due to the intervention of the goddess Fortuna, the God of the Bible, the Spirits of the Wind and Rain or whatever else is currently in favour.
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What about guardian angels?
Their actions freely chosen and their benevolence can be considered blessings.
Their actions freely chosen and their benevolence can be considered blessings.
Luck is worth believing in because you can convince yourself that luck is coming with tiny rituals and then make it happen through positivity and confidence. Like when I used to smoke I always put the foil into the cellophane when I opened a pack. Every time I took out the pack I avoided one upside down cigarette and checked to see if the foil was still in the cellophane. It was a shiny reminder that luck was coming and I think it worked because I thought it would work.
The power of self persuasion warps reality in my opinion. Like dwelling on the notion that there is no luck and never having any. Of course there is no luck, but believing that there is luck is a psychological magic trick that always works if one commits fully to it. I see it as an advantage, as unreal as it actually is. Putting foil in cellophane and turning a cigarette upside down makes perfect sense. I can totally see why people who do that are generally more prosperous, with more attractive mates. Lucky cigarettes work. Breaking the ritual can make terrible things happen. Seen it happen. Once you start you have to do it forever. I guess that is a downside.
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Signs so subtle that they can't be considered significant, or a divergence from what would have happened within the normal course of events?
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Perhaps our guardian angels are sleeping on the job. Or they are incompetent. They aren't doing much of a job caring for poor, hungry and starving....or most likely; they don't exist.