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I've never seen the insanity one attributed to Einstein; usually people say it comes from AA. Personally, that one always drove me nuts because, while I apprec
by lucasjung 16y ago
I've never seen the insanity one attributed to Einstein; usually people say it comes from AA. Personally, that one always drove me nuts because, while I appreciate the sentiment, the way it is phrased is blatantly wrong. I eventually came up with a suitable response: whenever someone quotes that one to me, I pull out a coin and start flipping it repeatedly, calling out "heads" or "tails" each time.
- jerf 16y agoAmusing, many people get it "wrong" and I don't even know which is the original between the two of "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a (different/same) result."; to me both are equally wrong and useless. In a world that is always adapting, doing the same thing over and over again will often locally have the same effect but globally it won't as conditions change, and the aphorism is basically never actually useful or as wise as it sounds.