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You know what would be good? No longer repeating: > “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”
by JackFr 3y ago
You know what would be good? No longer repeating:
> “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein
Does anyone writing that really think Einstein said that? Apart from it being completely apocryphal, it’s a terribly shallow appeal to authority.
- digging 3y agoFunny, I've actually never seen it attributed before (to Einstein or anyone). Besides being a shallow appeal to authority, it's just a very stupid thing to say. It's not just wrong, it's bad to believe in.
- pcdoodle 3y agoAmen
- alehlopeh 3y agoIt’s weird to me how people always say it the same way: The definition of insanity. Is anything else referred to as being “the definition” of something in a commonly used phrase? Hate to break it to you, Mr Albert Einstein, but the definition of insanity can be found, like every other definition, in a dictionary. And thats not what it says in the dictionary under insanity.
- wkjagt 3y agoHe never actually said that though. It’s attributed to him a lot (on “inspirational” quote sites, printed on mugs etc) but apparently there’s no proof he actually said that.