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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.” - 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.



It’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.


He 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.


Funny, 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.


Amen




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