luck
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Luck refers to events that occur by chance rather than through deliberate action or skill, and people often associate certain objects or symbols—like four-leaf clovers—with bringing good or bad fortune. It matters because people's beliefs about luck influence how they interpret random events in their lives and the decisions they make.
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- Etymology and definition
- Interpretations
- Lack of control
- Fallacy
- Essence
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Social aspects
- Games
- Lotteries
- Means of resolving issues
- Numerology
- Science
- In religion and mythology
- Buddhism
- Christianity and Judaism
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Belief measurement
- See also
- Bibliography
- Notes
- References
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thumb|200px|A four-leaf clover, a rare variant of the [[shamrock, is often considered to bestow good luck.]]
Luck is a phenomenon or belief that humans may associate with experiencing improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative events. Philosophical naturalism, eschewing any supernatural explanations, might suggest that positive or negative events may happen at any time (due to both random and non-random natural and artificial processes), and that even improbable events can happen by random chance. In this view, the epithet "lucky" or "unlucky" is a descriptive label that refers to an event's positivity, negativity, or improbability.