> There are way more empirical evidence that luck plays a much bigger role in wealth creation than effort.

my point isn't that when you put in effort you WILL create wealth. my point also isn't that luck plays a bigger role than effort (though, there's no empirical evidence for that assertion). my point also isn't that if you're poorer you didn't put in effort.

my point is: when you put in effort, you increase the surface area for luck.

put differently: if you don't think putting in effort increases your chances and it is mostly luck, why put in effort at all? luck will just find your door, after all, and if it doesn't, oh well.

And that's why this concept (your "myth") has value and should not die.