pitched 1 week ago

There are a set of these “false beliefs” people can hold that are clearly untrue but are beneficial to them in other ways. This one about “hard work leads to success” is a very powerful one. Lean the hell into it if you ever come across an opportunity to!

  • __s 1 week ago

    Is it really false? You can go on about survivorship bias but in the end a prerequisite is necessary for opportunity/chance

    Can't win the lottery if you never buy any tickets

    • kadoban 1 week ago

      > Is it really false?

      Even your own analogy for it is buying a lottery ticket.

      Does buying a lottery ticket "lead to success"? Only if your picture of what that looks like focuses on only the winners.

      • __s 1 week ago

        in reality no, for the sake of the analogy, yes

cardiffspaceman 1 week ago

The video of the assassination of the UHC executive revealed to one viewer that the assassin had practiced thoroughly, because when the gun jammed the assassin recovered deftly.

I wonder how a would-be striker could do this work while factoring in the goalie behavior.