Chance is a factor that brings uncertainty.
Azar is a term whose etymology refers us to azzahr , a word from Hispanic Arabic. The concept is used with reference to luck , fortune or chance .
For example: “Chance was on our side and the draw favored us” , “This is a game of chance where the ability of the participant has no influence” , “Everything I have achieved in life was thanks to effort: there are no achievements by chance.”
games of chance
The entertainment in which achieving a victory or suffering a defeat depends on fortuitous circumstances that exceed the player's ability is known as a game of chance . This means that there is no tactic that enhances the chances of victory, since it is linked to luck.
Betting games are the typical example of games of chance. In these cases, the result is related to statistical probabilities that a certain number or combination will be drawn. A person can bet $100 on a casino roulette wheel on the number 23 : chance will determine whether or not that number comes up. The player has no possibility of influencing said result, and this often leads to frustration that can lead to vice ; If it were a technical discipline, failure could lead to a greater commitment to training to improve results.
In other games , chance is combined with the ability of the individual. That is the case of trick , a very popular card game in South America and in certain regions of Spain . Chance determines which cards the player receives in each hand; Then, it is the player who must use his ability to prevail against his rival. The same goes for poker .
Those who give a lot of importance to chance often carry a talisman or amulet to attract good luck.
Randomness in different sciences and disciplines
The concept of chance is analyzed in various sciences and disciplines. It is generally associated with the idea of randomness : something whose result cannot be predicted. In other words, the outcome of a random process cannot be determined before it occurs since chance intervenes. Through statistics , however, it is possible to anticipate the probabilities of obtaining a certain result.
In the field of computer programming, chance plays a very important role in ensuring that programs behave with a certain degree of spontaneity . The human being does not know the true nature of the events that he considers random: just as we cannot affirm with total conviction how the universe and - much more specifically - our own existence, originated, we also do not know if unpredictable events really exist or if it is due to us. perception that we consider them that way.
Given this lack of understanding of the randomness of nature, it is logical that we are not able to reproduce it through technology either. In this way, processors are capable of returning values that simulate chance, although they do so through a completely different and - needless to say - artificial path.
Chance in programming has a large number of applications. In a video game, for example, we can use it so that a different number of enemies appear in each game, and that they are not always of the same class. In a rain simulation, on the other hand, we can ensure that the drops always have different sizes and orientations, and that the density of the clouds and the intensity of the wind also vary in each run.
The result obtained when tossing a coin in the game of heads or tails depends on chance.
Negative consideration of chance
It is important to expose the negative character that chance has for some people. This occurs when they see a lack of commitment or action in life. On the other hand, many believe that success depends to some degree on luck, which must be combined with due effort, so neither extreme is ideal.
Take the case of a student who did not prepare adequately for an exam. The student ends up failing and attributes his failure to chance , since the evaluation revolved around topics that he had not studied, although he had acquired some knowledge about other topics of the subject in question. The truth is that if the young person made an effort to learn all the thematic units indicated by the teacher, he would surely pass. Therefore, chance did not really play an essential role and there was no such misfortune .
On the other hand, a worker may be proud of his growth in a company, which he claims is due exclusively to his abilities. However, said progress was linked to multiple factors that he did not manage: the company's financial growth related to the country's macroeconomic variables, the resignation of a manager that opened the possibility of a hitherto unexpected promotion, etc. Beyond individual merits, the employee should recognize that random variables that could be associated with chance or even fate intervened in their success.