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Re:Random computer simulation produces wealth distribution s... by smt88 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @05:57PM (#16497187)
I consider family wealth to be chance as well. You don't choose which family you're born into, after all.
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Re:Random computer simulation produces wealth distribution s... by nybble41 on Friday March 02, 2018 @06:02PM (#16506571)
You don't choose which family you're born into, after all.

You couldn't have been born into any other family—a child born into a different family would be a different person entirely. Is it still chance when there is only one possible outcome?

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Re:Random computer simulation produces wealth distribution s... by SigmundA on Thursday March 01, 2018 @06:38PM (#16497432)
i.e. the ovarian lottery
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