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Old 01-11-2011, 08:14 AM   #478
J pold
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Originally Posted by Tinordi View Post
What was that quote about insanity? Insanity is trying the same thing over and over and thinking you'd get a different result.
No this is in no way the defention of insanity, from dictionary.com

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Insanity
noun, plural -ties. 1. the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind.

2. Law . such unsoundness of mind as affects legal responsibility or capacity.

3. Psychiatry . (formerly) psychosis.

4. extreme folly; senselessness; foolhardiness.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/insanity

I don't know who originally claimed that the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing, but expecting a different result" but they where wrong or trying to attach new meaning to the word. Now it seems to have caught on in popular culture as true, when it is not.

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