1/ Historically, though statistics started in gambling, it has been driven by the risk-management motive, not the luck-creation motive
6/ There is another field that has this somewhat dismal/pessimistic risk-oriented flavor: psychology
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7/ Throughout much of its history, psychology has been about mental illness and pathologies rather than making good minds better
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8/ When positive psychology came along, many were excited by the promise, but it degeneratd into a bit of a New Age cult.
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