A Random Lottery Ticket
Two people resent a lottery winner for picking numbers at random, as if the lottery rewarded skill.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-11-08-a-random-lottery-ticket/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I can't believe that fool blundered into a winning lottery ticket." B: "I know. Just by picking random numbers."
A: "Exactly! No system whatsoever!" B: "Almost makes me doubt whether the lottery is really a meritocracy."