Arlo, "Dumb luck" expresses precisely the concept you're trying to get across. I mean, if it was guided or intelligent luck we'd be back in the hands of the big bad manipulative boogeyman in the sky you construe to avoid.
I can't help that it's pejorative, it's accurate! There's nothing inherently pejorative about boasting: "It ain't braggin' if its true." John On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:56 AM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote: > [John] > I got no problem with ale, but overcoming randomness with dumb luck doesn't > seem to me cause for boasting. > > [Arlo] > "Dumb" is a useless word in this sentence, a pejorative that adds nothing > but a > false weight. I'd say "luck" is indeed a cause for celebrating. > ("Boasting"? > You added this negative word too) > > In the entirety of evolutionary history, it was never certain *you* would > be > here. Day by day, your continued existence depends heavily on "luck" (no > asteroids have smashed into the earth last year). If this is not cause for > an > ale now and then to celebrate life, I don't know what is. > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
