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--Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.50
If you get one bitter cucumber, asking for its cause may be a waste of time. But if you get a lot of bitter cucumbers, spending some time on changing that might give net positive utility.
Why not? It can be useful to know whether they were placed there by a benevolent god or a blind idiot god.