Apparently its REALLY better to be lucky than good, especially if you are a dinosaur:

[jeffreyab]

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=was-the-dinosaurs-long-reign-a-fluke

An article in "Science" describes how the long dominance of dinosaurs was due more to luck than evolutionary superiority.

They were one of several groups of reptiles extant in the Triassic but turned into the dominant large land animal group in the Jurassic.

Comments

[reddherring1955.livejournal.com]

Luck? You mean there is still hope for humankind?