Q&A: Effort
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Effort
Question
In order to decide that an act counts as effort, you have to check (statistically) that it actually works. But if it works, then it is no longer merely marginal effort intended only to give the Holy One, blessed be He, a pretext to help.
Answer
For some reason this question escaped my notice.
I’m not the one who should be asked questions about the “effort thesis,” since I don’t accept it. But specifically here there is no special difficulty. One can say that there is evidence of a statistical effect (it does not always work, but it helps).