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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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No, he really didn't.
Quote Investigator: There is no substantive evidence that Einstein wrote or spoke the statement above. It is listed within a section called “Misattributed to Einstein” in the comprehensive reference “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein” from Princeton University Press.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/23/same/
It's stupid and wrong, and meaningless. Stop perpetuating it! For future reference, this is the definition of insanity.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insanity
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Perptuating myths is fun though.
The line was actually extracted from a Narcotics Anonymous publication in 1981 but still attributed to Einstein....and Mark Twain...and Ben Franklin.
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The “definition of insanity” quote first appeared in 1981, in a document published by Narcotics Anonymous. It was a sort of guide book for addicts who trying to overcome their disease, and it warned its readers that, “insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.” Narcotics Anonymous was trying to convince its members that continuing to use narcotic drugs and expecting to be able to stop on their own was folly.
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