&gt; This is a common strategy to gaining skill in- well, anything- but especially in games.<p>Great analogy, because in games this seems obvious. Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes (predominantly) from bad judgement.<p>&gt; But then again, to always lose no matter what, is about as likely as being Bill Gates.<p>This sounds very inspiring, but assessing whether that&#x27;s really true is also difficult. You are assuming that skewness and kurtosis in the marginal distribution of success (with respect to innate ability, effort, and all other factors except &quot;luck&quot;) are minimal.