Question

Change into précis?
We commonly speak good luck and talk of people being lucky or unlucky and of things happening by pure chance. Yet, science tells us there is no such thing as chance or luck. According to the law of cause and effect, every happening has a cause. Not a leaf falls; not a wind blows; not a flower opens without a reason. But, we still use the word ‘chance’ to describe happenings are favorable to us, we say they are lucky; when unfavorable, we call them unlucky. ‘Luck is simply untraced and as such, far untraceable law.

Answer 1

What is luck?

Although we commonly discuss luck and pure chance, science defies it. According to the law of cause and effect, everything has a cause. A leaf falls, the wind blows, a flower opens, all have reasons. However, we still call favourable events being lucky, the opposite unlucky. Luck follows an untraceable law.

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