Re:The difference betwen skill and luck.
by diego on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @11:01PM
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You are falling prey to a fallacy. Suppose there is a competition (say a marathon) where one thousand people participate. The winner gets to choose a number between 1 and one million and see if it matches a randomly generated one.
If you win, it is true that not everyone could do what you did (you were the best runner out of a thousand). It also true that luck played a HUGE role (one in a million odds after putting yourself in the right place based on skill).
If you win, it is true that not everyone could do what you did (you were the best runner out of a thousand). It also true that luck played a HUGE role (one in a million odds after putting yourself in the right place based on skill).