Can mathematics help you "BECOME" a lucky person?

Answer 1

Nope. But you will certainly have a better understanding of what "luck" really means.

There really is no such thing as "luck"...just odds and probability. A lucky event is just one that does not occur regularly...but that can be predicted with a certain amount of certainty.

At the very least, it will keep you away from casinos.

Answer 2

Mathematics can increase a person's ability to quantify
probabilities, and that might be misinterpreted as
luck. If I go fishing with three friends and from some
previous observations learned the probability that
for each person a certain number of bait will be
eaten without a successful catch then because of that
information I calculate the probable amount of
bait required for the fishing then that is more science
than luck. On the other hand, if I accidently take five
cups of bait rather than four(one for each person)
and by chance the fifth cup is needed then that is
luck, not science. Therefore, mathematical quantification
can increase a person's preparedness, but that isn't
so much a lucky guess, but more appropriately it is a
scientific approximation.

Mathematics is not the only tool for being prepared,
so it is possible that a person could be sufficiently
organized without traditional math study. Therefore,
in some cases, the person might not become more
prepared by learning math. However, by learning
math the person might be more capable of informing
their associates of methods for becoming more
organized as math is highly structured and standardized,
so it is often the most appropriate form of communicating
quantification.

Answer 3

Lucky? I doubt it, but it can increase your chances of success in many things.

For most people, it is going to be fairly simple. There are 2 of something available at a great price. The lucky person is the one who thinks that if they want it, and the sale is all day, they had still better be there first. They are not lucky, they are being smart about the potential to make purchase.

By understanding the probability of an outcome, in detail like stats in baseball for a team, looking at the other team and their stats, and then comparing specific players in the lineup, mathematical probability can help you increase the chances of a win. Card counters are doing the same thing.

Financial success is in part due to the 'luck' a person creates fro themselves by applying knowledge which includes math, to their strategy. The analysts that summarize the financial world use math in their explanations.

When people are 'always so lucky', I know there is a lot more going on then dumb luck. They are creating it to some degree.

Answer 4

It's a common perception that some people are lucky and others always have bad luck, but the difference in those types of people is their decision making process. People who make good, informed decisions seem like they're lucky. I think learning math and thinking analytically helps in this way. I do not like when people who make really bad decisions all the time tell me I am so lucky. No, it's not happenstance, it's because they made really dumb decisions and have to suffer the consequences, so they feel unlucky.

Answer 5

I regard mathematics is inching towards simplicity!

People regard Mathematics is already a matured science!

I find immature concepts ruling Mathematics!

Therefore I also find great opportunities surrounding Mathematics and its applications!

If you are 'the lucky one' to arrive at any one of said application possibilities, luck will favour you too!


Regards!

Answer 6

It can give you alternatives in solving concrete problems but it cannot help you become a lucky person as mathematics does not depend on chance.

Answer 7

Depends how you define "lucky."

You can use mathematics (specifically statistics) to understand your odds when gambling. This can help you decide when to bet big (odds in your favor) and when to fold (odds against you). This means you can be more successful when gambling, which some might say means you're a lucky person.

But if you think of luck strictly in terms of coincidence that works out to your advantage, then mathematics can't really help you with that.

Answer 8

Luck doesn't exist, except in looking at things that have already happened.

For example, if you're gambling in a casino and you win five times in a row in blackjack, you could say this was good luck. However, it is NOT correct to say that you have some property, inherent to you, that makes you likely to keep winning at blackjack (unless you're cheating). When people think that their past result will somehow affect their future results, this is known as the Gambler's Fallacy, and is responsible for a large part of gambling addiction.

People are not inherently lucky or unlucky. Luck is simply when good things happen to you by chance.

Answer 9

Mathematics is difficult as well as interesting but it is very important to make you a lucky man because as you can see if you will choose a professional job like engineering so you want to study maths thoroughly

Answer 10

luck is when something succesfully happens due to chance.
luck is like coincidence. something happens to turn out in your favor mainly not because of the effort u put in deliberately, but happened coincidently.

like, u go to a casino and gamble on one of those machines. the most you can do is calculate the probability of it coming in the same order - it is basically coincidence which gets u big bucks-with no work! u can't put in any conscious effort to MAKE it happen. it just happens by chance that they fall in sequence, but the most maths can do is HELP you make the right choice.

so, if u DO somehow workout something with mathematics, its no longer luck, is it?