NO it kinda doesn't work...take into consideration this
1 job position available, reward, etc.
One person works day and night, for years (ok over-exaggerated but yeah.....) trying to make it to the top doing what needs to be done, trying to prove why he/she should win (who by using this science-based theory and applying it to life used up all his time and effort to gain knowledge to try and be better than the other person)
Another person, naturally gifted effortlessly throws something together in 5 minutes and COMPLETELY dominates the other person.
Thus person 2 gets whatever they were both striving for
If this is a 'rule' of nature then maybe it just does not apply to certain objects (in this case people) just like there are other rules/laws of nature in which other things are able to defy