1. The dictionary tells us that luck is the favorable or unfavorable occurrence of a
chance event that could not have been foreseen. Of course, we don't need a
dictionary to define luck for us: it is one of the critical aspects of our lives, and it
plays an important role in how we make sense of things that happen to us, and to
5 others. You don't have to be a gambler or a fortune-teller to believe in luck.
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Even people who consider themselves completely rational and who immediately
dismiss superstition will still say "good luck" every now and again; perhaps they
assume that
t/the other party believes in luck, even if they don't believe in it
themselves. But believe in it or not, luck is unavoidable.