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> 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 defin

• 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.