Christian Thought: Christian Theology & Philosophy
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The Problem of the Distribution of Goodies & Randomness

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The problem of finding people, or good things – I think it’s really strange that the job doesn’t always go to the person that’s most qualified for it. The employer will put out ads trying to find the right person, but someone else is hired instead. Meanwhile, the right person is out there, but ends up going with some other job because they’re desperate and can’t find something else. The ad and the right person never meet up. It’s really weird because they’re both looking for each other, so how come they don’t find each other?

Are all good things found? What about redundant scientific discovery?

​How do incompetent people slip through the cracks? And why do some worthy people not reach their rightful place?

A great paradox – out of randomness, we recognize order, and attribute this order to plan, to God. EX: that math so amazingly is able to describe the world. “We are in a position similar to that of a man who was provided with a bunch of keys and who, having to open several doors in succession, always hit on the right key on the first or second trial. He became skeptical concerning the uniqueness of the coordination of keys and doors.” – Eugene Wigner (1902- 1995; Nobel Prize winner in physics for quantum mechanics) So it’s because there is chaos that we recognize order as something out of the ordinary and which demands an outside explanation, the cause being God. So then why is there disorder and order? (must see also Theology > The Glory of God [which is related to The Problem of Evil, Theodicy, Good & Evil, and Pain & Suffering {under both Theology and Philosophy}]; a great book to read on this would be The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow; see especially pp 184-5 on cancer clusters)


How is it that stupid (ie, dull) people are capable of doing well in school, even to the point of climbing to the highest ranks of academia and other professions? And then there’s some intelligent people who show their intelligence in their conversation, but who are nothing stellar academically.

What determines whether something follows the bell curve or the 80/20 rule?

​Inequality: the “overweighted” importance of the beginning in “compound interest” growth (if that’s the right term for it). How this also relates to the honor and influence of leadership in a hierarchy and also the spread and nature of knowledge. 

Can everyone have their dream job? Does everyone have a passion?

​Related -- if everyone is supposedly equal, why is that creative types and thinkers live longest and report the greatest job enthusiasm?
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