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6/30/2006
10:24:48 pm EDT
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Psychologist Reveals The Luck Factor
Author: Ben Fahy Source: New Zealand Herald (NZ)
Title: PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS THE LUCK FACTOR
Ironically enough, Professor Richard Wiseman, one of Britain's pre-eminent psychologists, has become something of a global good luck charm.
Not in a superstitious sense: rabbits' feet, broken mirrors and black cats mean nothing to this self-confessed sceptic. But in a scientific sense: his pioneering research into luck proved that it isn't just the Fates controlling good or bad fortune. Thoughts and behaviour play a far more pivotal role.
Before starting his research, Professor Wiseman thought the number of people who described themselves as either lucky or unlucky was too large to be a random phenomenon, so he attempted to "set the record straight" and placed advertisements in newspapers around Britain seeking consistently lucky and unlucky participants to join in his experiments and be interviewed about key moments in their lives.
Obviously, not everything in life can be controlled (he steers clear of gambling, simply because chance affects all equally), but Professor Wiseman says, more often than not, luck - either good or bad - is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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| Not To Mention | Jun 30th. at 11:14:49 pm EDT
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
"GET LUCKY
Professor Richard Wiseman's keys to good fortune:
* Have a network of friends
* Go with your initial instincts
* Expect to be lucky
* See positives that can come from negatives."
Returning Good for Evil, and helping the misfortunate, along with other mystic formulae, in Gospel, Gita and other sources, are well established.
I've been thinking, that Double Blind Research has been done hypocritically, since a 5% difference can prove that a new medication is something more than just a Placebo, but the Placebo Effect is much more effective, so that 5% isn't much of a difference. Placebos are more workable for some physicians than others, and what Double Blind Research should really be focusing on is determining which Therapists are Lucky.
How soon will Luck be something the Civil Service Exams can test?
Arawn
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