A person's total luck is constant over a lifetime. The remaining half of the candidates already spent some of their luck in this selection, so they'll be on average less lucky than the discarded half.

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t-3 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, luck would be some expression of the difference between the average and the individual outcomes - it only exists relative to a population at the point in time when it is measured.

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throwawaythekey 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> A person's total luck is constant over a lifetime

Ah yes, the much revered cosmological fairness constraint.

	▲	cyanydeez an hour ago \| parent [-]
		everyone knows luck is tied to the wealth-gravity and increases as the inverse distance to the density of matter. hut because its relative, everyone thinks they have the same luck when not observing others.

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latexr 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Even assuming that was genuinely how luck works, the conclusion does not follow from the premise because it’s obvious not everyone “starts with” the same amount of luck to spend.

	▲	addandsubtract 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		But assuming a random draw, you're more likely to select people with higher luck.

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CuriouslyC 34 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Donald Trump disproves the fixed luck hypothesis (and the Karma hypothesis!)