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title: Lucky Fools
tags:
  - topic/psychology
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# Lucky Fools

A lucky fool is someone who stumbled into success
in a field where competence is normally prerequisite,
especially if they sincerely believe
that their success _was_ due to their competence.

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somewhat related:
* [hot hand fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_hand)
* [gambler's fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy)
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Books concerned with lucky fools:
* [[taleb_2001_fooled-by-randomness]]
* [[kahneman_2011_thinking]]
* [[hubbard_2020_failure]]
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