That sounds like it's extending beyond luck, though. For instance, if I tried to code a video game, it would be shit. I haven't coded in almost 15 years and even then my coding skills were on the level of writing macros in excel or super simple functions in C++ or Matlab - I simply do not have the technical knowhow to do anything related to video game design. In fact, you literally would not be able to play any game I made, because I don't even know how to make an executable file.
So that leaves one of two possibilities - either my jumbled mess of code somehow becomes wildly popular, in which case I'm flat-out altering the material properties of the universe because it's making people think that something objectively terrible is fun and entertaining, or I reach a level of omnipotence such that slapping my hand on the keyboard like a frightened chimp miraculously produces code that is not only functional, but completely fantastic.
And neither of those strike me as appealing, because once again you're not *really* doing anything. The universe is doing all your work for you. You're not being rewarded for your creativity or design, you've just artificially entered a cheat code that automatically grants you 100% approval for all your actions. It's like playing a Nintendo game with one of their automatic "Super Invincible Fly Mode" power-ups active. Yeah, you'll win, but how is it in any way fulfilling?
Because you get money. Lots of money.
Also most people like making others happy which a perfect game would
darkknight109 posted...
Not unless you're dealing with a definition of luck that is so far removed from what luck actually is it no longer qualifies as luck. See above example of someone programming by just slapping the keyboard.
Yes, for something like bowling or darts someone who just gets really lucky could bowl 300 or throw a nine-shot game - that's still feasible. But someone couldn't practice law or medicine or accounting or engineering just by luck. You couldn't recite Shakespeare on stage with zero practice by luck. That's just not what luck is. You could potentially compensate for some physical abilities (assuming you already know the rules, but even then some things - like, say, playing a musical instrument at a concert level - could not reasonably be done simply by luck), but you can't make up for a lack of knowledge with luck.
If you could, your above stipulation on aging wouldn't apply because you're basically altering how the universe works at that point. You would just continually defy the odds of entropy and cease aging altogether. Since you've already acknowledged that's not the case, there have to be some reasonable limits on this power.
It wouldn't matter. All you would need to do is go to Vegas for a day or two. Especially if you play the high jackpot slots.
darkknight109 posted...
It would stop me. I'm a one woman kinda guy - open relationships have absolutely zero appeal for me.
Every guy would want a threesome at least once if their girlfriend/wife was down with it. ---