[yhavr]

Define luck. The Universe by definition isn't deterministic starting from three particles in classical mechanics and one particle in the quantum case. Define success. Is it doing what you like being surrounded by people you love? Or has it to be a mansion and a yacht?

Without proper definitions the entire discussion is useless.

For example, I state that I have already succeed not because of luck, but because of my free will. And all further improvements in my life will be just better grades of success. Argument 'if a raptor didn't kill that butterfly far far ago you would now be slave to the vicious Uganda Empire' doesn't fit, as it can by applied to every statement. Argument that I don't have a yacht doesn't fit, as "yachts are for loosers" and success isn't tied to material posessions.