We do. As is evident by the existence of many highly educated people.
>The success of my peers absolutely does not prove that the means exist that would work for me, in my particular circumstances and given my particular starting point.
It does. Unless there is some non-environmental difference.
>If your definition of "luck" is so restrictive as to say that a person's genes aren't luck
They aren't luck since they are predictable to a certain extent. It isn't luck that you get a high paying job after geting a good education either.
We do. As is evident by the existence of many highly educated people.
>The success of my peers absolutely does not prove that the means exist that would work for me, in my particular circumstances and given my particular starting point.
It does. Unless there is some non-environmental difference.
>If your definition of "luck" is so restrictive as to say that a person's genes aren't luck
They aren't luck since they are predictable to a certain extent. It isn't luck that you get a high paying job after geting a good education either.