Is luck real?

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

What’s considered lucky might be different depending on where you live and who you are. But what is luck exactly and does luck actually exist? Or is it just something we’ve made up?

Two top professors and famous illusionist Derren Brown tackle whether luck is real or not...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science.
0:06.0	My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior.
0:12.0	And I'm Michael, the junior editor. On this podcast, we take a look at our favourite mysteries of science.
0:17.0	These are the strange phenomena and bizarre events and have left scientists scratching their heads and despite their best efforts remain well and truly unsolved.
0:24.9	Today I'm going to start with a question for you, Michael. Are you feeling lucky?
0:30.4	Do you know what, Dan, I think I am? Right then. Why don't we put that to the test? Right, let me grab a coin. Here we go. I've got a coin. I'm going to flip the coin.
0:41.2	Okay. And if it comes up heads, then I don't know, what should we play for?
0:45.8	How about chocolate bar?
0:47.4	Chocolate bar. Good guess. I was thinking just the same thing. If it comes up heads, then I owe you a chocolate bar,
0:56.6	and if it comes up tails, then you owe me a chocolate bar.
1:00.0	Okay, playing for the big money here.
1:02.7	Okay, get ready to owe me a dairy milk down.
1:05.4	Are you feeling lucky?
1:06.8	Here we go.
1:08.5	It's tails.
1:10.1	Oh, no. I guess it was your lucky day after all, not mine.
1:13.6	It's always going to cut the tails. Let's be honest.
1:15.6	Always tails.
1:17.6	But you know, Dan, I wonder, is anyone really lucky or unlucky? I mean, does luck actually exist?
1:22.6	And if so, is it possible to actually make your own luck?
1:25.6	Well, I think we need to speak to some lucky experts to find out.
1:30.3	By our lucky experts, do you mean experts on luck or that the experts themselves are lucky?
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