THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
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Michael
RamirezIt is frequently said that "the definition of insanity is
doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." The saying
is often attributed (falsely, as it turns out) to either Benjamin Franklin or
Albert Einstein. I think I recall that it was Rita Mae Brown in one of her
mystery novels who actually wrote it, however.
But whoever came up with
it was just a little off the mark. Doing the same thing over and over and
expecting different results is not necessarily
insanity; but it is
clearly
psychological denial, which, when indulged in for a prolonged
period of time closely resembles insanity...or at least stupidity.
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news seems particularly relevant to the topic at hand
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appropriate frustrated reaction to the above
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