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That sounds insane.

• vallismortis 7y ago
  This collection has been in place since before World War II. As soon as the freezers are unplugged, there is no going back.
  • ska 7y ago
    > Insanity is the wrong term, because it would imply repeating something that has already failed. However popular that aphorism is, it isn't actually the definition of insanity.
    • mattkrause 7y ago
      Dogs are mammals. Mammals aren’t dogs.
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      • laumars 7y ago
        'Dog' and 'mammal' are two distinct terms, 'insanity' and 'insanity' are not.
        • mattkrause 7y ago
          “Doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results” and “insanity” are also different. The former might be a form of the latter, but you can certainly be insane in other ways.
          • laumars 7y ago
            Sure, but that wasn't what the OP said. They said: > Insanity is the wrong term, because it would imply repeating something that has already failed. ie suggesting the opposite of your point; that the term "insanity" is more narrowly defined rather than broadly defined.
    • vallismortis 7y ago
      Fair point, I deleted the sentence.
  • laumars 7y ago
    > Insanity is the wrong term, because it would imply repeating something that has already failed No it doesn't. You might be thinking of that meme often miss-attributing that alternative definition as an Einstein wisdom; but that quote is about as accurate as the claim of who said it.
  • ska 7y ago
    Canada did something similarly irretrievable with a bunch of scientific records during last federal conservative rule.