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If madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, are you mad?

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    niksal - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by niksal 1 Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:00AM

    aren't we all???

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12 Answers to "If madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, are you mad?"

  1. daddy4adaughter - 36-40 years old

    Posted by daddy4adaughter Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:16AM

    NO....I am not mad
    However.....Society seems to think i am.

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  2. Vessa - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by Vessa Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:07AM

    No.
    Because sometimes doing the same thing over and over makes for improvement.
    And sometimes doing the same thing over again gives the universe a chance to change its response. Like smiling at a person every day, until at last, he smiles back.
    And sometimes you're digging a hole and have to keep doing the same thing til you get the size that will fit your tree. So it's the final result that matters- not the fact that doing the one individual act doesn't accomplish what you want. Sometimes a change is the result of many repetitive acts.
    And sometimes doing the same thing over and over is conducive to life...like breathing.
    And even if it's not, then doing it time and again can at least help make you "used to it"- if it's something that has to be done and that you just have to learn to live with.

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  3. Sharkattackbate - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by Sharkattackbate Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:07AM

    I must be x

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  4. musicbook - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by musicbook Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:02AM

    If that's true, then anyone who does HOUSEWORK is nuts! lol

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  5. iwalydg - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by iwalydg Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:02AM

    If you assume that definition, then humanity and all humans are mad. Read some history to see what I mean. My favorite example of this is how Napoleon and Hitler both made the same mistake - assaulting Russia during the winter.

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  6. wolflionheart - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by wolflionheart Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:01AM

    in my case the two are mutually exclusive ... there must be another definition of mad ... there MUST be

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  7. southernstar1987 - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by southernstar1987 Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:01AM

    yes sounds like life and i am

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  8. Olafsen - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by Olafsen Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:01AM

    Only if i include replaying some of my xbox games incessantly.

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  9. MarsT - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by MarsT Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:01AM

    I disagree with Einstein on this one. Too many exceptions to the rule. For example you may go on a run every day and improve and go to school everyday and learn something new.

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  10. queenfishdee - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by queenfishdee Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:01AM

    You're confusing madness with stubborness and stalkiness

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  11. badbinary - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by badbinary Dec 3rd, 2012 at 8:00AM

    eeeek ive answered your questions before. *frets*

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