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Re:Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn (2003) by philk on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @09:35AM (#1128896)
Self reporting that you are lucky is probably positively correlated with optimism.

Optimism has a whole host of benefits that probably account for the "luck" that these individuals are enjoying.

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Re:Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn (2003) by sophacles on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @10:53AM (#1129046)
I would hope so -- lucky is a magic property. Luck itself may be chance, but lucky is nonsense.
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