Definition of Insanity

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got / If all you ever do is all you’ve ever done, then all you’ll ever get is all you’ve ever got.
one cannot solve a problem with the same conciousness that created it, which is basically just wording it differently.
the definition of insanity is quoting Einstein over and over and expecting to be thought to be clever each time.
If a tree falls in the woods and I don’t care am I insane? Ok actually insanity doesn’t exist there’s just wrong and right and knowing the difference. I could try everyday to climb a mountain even if I fall every time it’s called determination.
there is right and wrong alright – don’t be a coward, stand up for something – only those pathologically inclined to take the cosmic view of everything insist there’s no right or wrong – a childish approach in practice, adds no value to any decision process
Neither is the designated definition of insanity a witticism. It is not funny or particularly clever. At best it contains a partial truth, and not a very profound one.
Einstein, after achieving his theory of relativity and special theory, in his twenties, spent the rest of his life concentrating on an elusive,unifying principle, which essentially, would lasso the whole of physics. He never found it but ever kept looking. Two thirds of his career was devoted, without success, to that quest.
Conceivably, at some point, Einstein self diagnosed that compulsion, that endlessly unproductive search, one which he just could not abandon for more accessible challenges, as a form of insanity.
That’s still not the definition of insanity. Not even close. Insanity isn’t a definable thing. It’s the word people use to describe behavior for which they can’t explain the cause.
Insanity is doing or thinking something that I unrealistic or irrational and perceiving it as normal.
I hope scientists don’t do the same things over and over expecting different results! Science it’s fascinating field of study.
There’s the narcissism of humankind summarised in one rambling paragraph.
Insane people rarely think they’re insane.
Despite the clear evolutionary processes observed in the R&D functions of big Pharma over the last decade, that have been implemented primarily to increase productivity, efficiency and diversity of portfolio, there is little evidence to suggest that joined up thinking has been applied throughout the industry to ensure that what is being developed is what the market/customer truly needs/wants.
a perfectly sane person may ask "what time is it " over and over again in a day and get different results every time.
It was therefore not insane if he would have expected different answers  while asking the question again and again.
if you look at the quantum mechanical picture, you will see that you can infact repeat the exact same experiment and expect different results with different probabilities.
conducting the experiment again and again (infinite times) and expecting repetition of results according to a probabilistic distribution, so even though you are expecting something different each time, it is in accordance with certain principles.
I always explain it as he describe the person who do the same thing with the same mindset and ways he did it before, as an insane person.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Insanity is a legal term. A defendant may be found not guilty by reason of insanity if his or her lawyer can provide clear and convincing evidence that he/she was suffering from severe mental illness (i.e., psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, or organic brain illness) which prevented him/her from knowing that the crime committed was, in fact, an illegal act. Because it is a legal distinction, and not a medical one, only a judge or jury can make determinations about a defendant's insanity.
"doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results" is the definition of Perseverance.
if "doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results" was the definition of insanity, then physical exercise would be completely insane, since it's based on repetition expecting results over time.
it’s most commonly used to describe political news — after all, by the third time a minority party in Congress tries unsuccessfully to obstruct a bill, there aren’t very many new things to say about it, and that column won’t write itself.
They say the definition of insanity is repeating the same action, and expecting a different result. By that measure, Congress has lost its mind.
If doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is a definition of insanity, expecting people whom we overwhelmingly rewarded for acting in one manner to change that behaviour is more than a bit naïve, as any parent knows or finds out quickly.
First of all, Einstein had it wrong. Not his theory of relativity. That seems to be holding up quite well (not that I would know). But he’s also the guy who said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Too often, I think that’s really the definition of small business.
Do you think my references to insanity are too much? I use them deliberately.
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. But what do you call it if you do the same thing over and over, and keep achieving different results? Is that sanity?
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly, expecting a different result. Start by planting at the right time of year.
It isn't the definition of insanity it is the mathematical definition of "chaos theory". Dependence on prior history, dependence on interdependence of the parameters, third body problem. Demonstrable in the pharmacology of heparin and daily commutes.
I guess logic would then conclude there is a fine line between genius and repeating things and expecting them to turn out differently; which explains my time in the lab perfectly.
How about we just agree that the definition of insanity is "a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder.”
True; you have to hand it to Microsoft, they have demolished the previously held belief that if you run a program on a computer multiple times, it will have the same result every time.