Like with the Murphy’s Law, you are looking at the wrong side of the stick. It’s like the Texas sharpshooter fallacy, you paint the target after the shots has been made.
I remember some critics on Ringworld’s Teela Brown superpower, that was basically the author taking care that everything go well for her. Because that is what really implies being having luck as implicit attribute, that the universe conspires to make everything go well for you. Situational awareness to avoid or get involved in bad or good events is not luck, truly random events won’t be biased towards you.
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Like with the Murphy’s Law, you are looking at the wrong side of the stick. It’s like the Texas sharpshooter fallacy, you paint the target after the shots has been made.
I remember some critics on Ringworld’s Teela Brown superpower, that was basically the author taking care that everything go well for her. Because that is what really implies being having luck as implicit attribute, that the universe conspires to make everything go well for you. Situational awareness to avoid or get involved in bad or good events is not luck, truly random events won’t be biased towards you.