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javajosh
on March 10, 2012
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Sailing provides an apt metaphor for your point, I believe. The wind is more-or-less random, and yet if you choose a destination you will eventually get there (assuming that you know how to sail and your gear holds out, of course).
batista
on March 11, 2012
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Well, in sailing the direction of the wind doesn't 100% decide the course of your boat. That's why you have sails that rotate.
jacquesm
on March 11, 2012
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And a rudder. Together with the keel it determines where your boat goes, if you want even
against
the wind.
All the wind really does is provide power, it's up to you to decide how you want to use that power.
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