All of us who haven't achieved fabulous success find this very comforting, of course.
But I'm still going to put in effort, because I don't believe in any of this fate crap, etc.
But I'm still going to put in effort, because I don't believe in any of this fate crap, etc.
If you slide that scale any further you'll quickly be overweighting intelligence to success
You can roll more, or find ways to add +5 to your favor -- tilt the odds an extra 10% -- but at the end of the day it's random.
So you either find ways to roll the dice more, roll the dice without having to bet anything, or ways to add an extra 5% onto your odds.