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Re:Why Do Some People Learn Faster? by simon_weber on Thursday February 23, 2012 @04:24PM (#3626848)
I prefer the idea that the lucky ones "made their own luck" by increasing luck surface area.

In this view, the lucky may not have recognized opportunity better, just created better opportunities for themselves (through hard work). Even if this notion isn't completely correct, I like how it incentivises working rather than waiting.

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Re:Why Do Some People Learn Faster? by ryanmolden on Friday February 24, 2012 @03:49AM (#3628493)
Nassim Taleb talks about this, I think in Fooled by Randomness. He couched it in terms of increasing exposure to chance (serendipitous) occurrences via being more social, studying across disciplines, keeping friends whose views differ from yours, etc...

Edit: corrected my phone's overzealous auto-correct.

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