Is luck or bad luck fate?

The couple Jason and Jenny Cairns-Lawrence visited New York City when the hijackers attacked the World Trade Center. They came to London when the public transport system was terrorized. Are they born under a starry star?

In life there are people who often encounter unhappiness but also those who are always lucky. Let's also analyze the scientists on this special issue.

Luck or unhappiness is what people have been interested in for a long time and in history there have been countless unbelievable stories about this topic. Typically, Violet Jessop, the hostess on the Titanic in 1912, survived miraculously when the ship crashed in the North Atlantic.

Four years later, as a nurse on the Britannic, she once again escaped death when the ship sank in the Aegean Sea in Europe.

In the opposite direction, Jason and Jenny Cairns-Lawrence are "the most unlucky couple in the world ." They visited New York City when no hijackers attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. .

They accidentally arrived in London when the city's public transport system was attacked by terrorists in 2005. And they traveled in Mumbai, India in October 2008, when the terrorist attack happened.

The thought of some unfortunate fate has inculcated in our minds so much that there are songs written about it - such as the famous "Born Under a Bad Sign" by singer Albert King in 1967 But are there really unfortunate fate? And why are some people clinging to it?

Scientists study the unhappiness phenomenon that has applied probability and statistics to give a rather complex answer.

It is true that in life, a few people encounter many unfortunate things. This result may be affected by many factors: random (actions of others, surroundings, .) and subjective (self-ability, education, experience .).

Rami Zwick, a professor at the University of California-Riverside (USA), points out that the subjective (non-random) factors have a great influence on luck or bad luck.

By observing a series of decisions and results over time, it is possible to identify a person who suffers a lot of misfortune because he or she has made wrong decisions or made mistakes. Like the manufacturer in a difficult time because of not selling goods, he decided to reduce the maximum cost to reduce the price. The problem is that it will make quality drop.

If the manufacturer calculates product quality at the level that customers can accept plus the advantage of reducing costs, it can achieve great success. On the contrary, if not calculating this makes the product quality too bad, causing customers to turn away, affecting the company's reputation will fail miserably.

Meanwhile, it is very difficult to determine the impact of random factors on luck or bad luck.

Peter Bentley, a British psychologist who has published research results, shows that those who believe in luck will be more likely to encounter . accidents on Friday the 13th, the day that many believe unlucky!

Mr. Bentley also said that luck or bad luck largely depends on the thinking of each person when standing in front of an incident.

"Some people get valuable lessons from unfortunate things. They see the positive side and don't feel too depressed. Meanwhile, others constantly dig up misfortunes and see everything real. bad.

For example, when a bus is missed, some people will have that he has the opportunity to walk the city sightseeing. Some people will fall into boredom because everything happens unexpectedly. "

However, bad luck also has . its benefits. Research by Zwick and colleagues in 2012 shows that people who encounter unfortunate things are often willing to take risks again.