The qualities of perseverance, consistency, loyalty - these are beneficial to health and definitely not insane. Let's say you repeatedly get rejected. I am not in your shoes and I could not even begin to imagine what thoughts are going through your head or any one elses head for that matter. Q3) you believe my response to Khazeem was a "rant", and because i know if i do, stephen king will bring my book. I would be all those too if that is how my mind worked. THAT is the point of the quote. Perseverance feels like striving toward a noble goal, and whether or not it's reached it there is virtue in the effort. "Listen here old bean, we've been trying to build these 'flying contraptions' for quite some time now, you keep expecting to fly but even that euro chap Da Vinci couldn't crack it so lets bin this folly and really get stuck in to this phrenology marvel"!! If you are treating patients using transorbital lobotomy in this day and age, then that is a perfect example of insanity using THIS VERY QUOTE! For me at least, it is like a trickle of influence. Please feel free to take it as you will for I am not trying to push anything on you or anyone else, as I know everyone is different and different things work for different people. It just shouldn't be used to excuse running away from problems. It doesn't hold up over time. Our research suggests that the alpha-synuclein protein sticks like glue to the inner face of the plasma membrane of nerve cells but not to the outer- a crucial new piece of information.". Or someone working to systematically overcome shyness, build healthier habits or communicate better with their spouse. It's important to keep grieving, jogging and asking people for dates because these are areas of life that require some repetition and are quite sane. I'm 16 and you're giving me a migraine. However I do believe that everything happens for a reason, and the at everyone is brought into our lives at just the right moment to tell us what we need to hear at that time in our lives. The author is trying to address the misuse of the word "insanity.". If you repeat the exact same behavior you will not be following the scientific method, which is to try different things and see what happens. I found it applicable in the realm of human behavior in addiction. This is not as minutely measurable but it is still a singular concept...just one painted with a broader brush. It's the effort made by eating oatmeal every morning, brushing your teeth after every meal and daily journaling. It's weekly therapy, consistent workouts and taking time for spirituality. It's Rudy trying over and over to get into Notre Dame. ;-). Now for the people who wrote the 12 steps program, the definition of true insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting a different results. Q2) my use of Edison's experiments contradicted my premise and No -- I should not. It's a complete distortion of what is true. it didn't happen at first which bothered me, so i wasn't paying attention to what i was doing and didn't finish my tasks for the day. Only 1 percent of the population is legally insane. this problem is quickly making me unable to manage my personal and business affairs. Insane?! i dont have to have a job for mr. king to come. I do however hate this quote and thank the author for if nothing else bringing the spotlight of debate to its existence and reasoning. How Do Dreams Change Throughout a Night of Sleep? Clearly not. A study published in Nature Communications today presents a compelling new evidence about what a key protein called alpha-synuclein actually does in neurons in the brain. While stipulating that Einstein perhaps didn't say it, if he did he was commenting on the then-new & controversial theories in Quantum Physics, which all include what's known as a Probability Function, basically obliterating what had been universally-accepted science. Q4) you would like us to agree that your definition of "ad hominem attack" is correct and Well said... John, There for what you create is as much a part of you as you are a part of what you create. You have taken this quote too literally. It's a 12-stepper taking it "one day at a time." The use of proven facts makes this saying completely legit. This document is subject to copyright. Your feedback will go directly to Science X editors. Or someone who is drawn to crowds of wealthier/smarter/prettier/etc. people where they always feel left out. They're all trying to finally conquer some old feelings of rejection. The ecdf function applied to a data sample returns a function representing the empirical cumulative distribution function. While if you were an addict and believe me, that definition makes clear sense. Winston Churchill, "you don't think that Edison did the exact same experiment thousands of times using the exact same combinations and formulas while seeking a different result, do you?" People who have been trained to think well and for themselves can easily see through your attempt. Politics... You need to pick a side, if you don't you will always lose. Adlai E. Stevenson once said: “My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” Is that the true definition of a free society? Advertisement. @Akaisteph7 when you do not want to define a method because you find that only one caller is ever going to call that method. The new study looked at what was going on inside healthy conditions to help pinpoint what is going wrong in the cells of people with Parkinson's. In actuality what I really hate its apparent unquestioning and universal acceptance at all levels of society. Another thing I REALLY hate is when people call DID (Multiple Personality) "schizophrenia". i feel there is a similar problem with the example of repitition compulsion, but i don't really feel like figuring out the best way to say it so oh well. Either way, this makes you an idiot. Click here to sign in with Keep your head in the books, you should lay low on the whole 'free thought' thing...or write what you think on a piece of paper, and throw it in the garbage. Also who/what/where is the reference point? More and more evidence in recent years is helping us understand this lesser-known bodily system and how it controls inflammation, brain and organ function… Not trying to be accurate in their definition. (An oversimplification but I think still accurate.) Proven is the key word there that was left completely out of the article and is readily assumed by anyone using the quote properly. Do You Have a Fear of Commitment? So if anyone sees things different than your perspective then they too are and idiot? In the business world, a company that does not innovate (doing the same thing over and over) will not survive in a competitive environment. "hobby?"...). Please repeat that sentence in your head. If the experiment yields different results each time, then some variable you are not taking into account is causing that to happen -- i.e., you have NOT repeated the same exact steps. Or extreme foolishness or irrationality. Furthermore how do we even delineate it? n. mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. You see with the standard human view on time you aren't even in my world at the same time as I am in yours, for I am writing this at a different time than you are reading it. Just in the pseudoscience we call "psychology.". Psychology? 3) The fallicious arguments using ad_hominem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem) attacks are at the very least and non-sequitors. We do not guarantee individual replies due to extremely high volume of correspondence. What's happened is that a famous person (Einstein) made a statement and people have been quoting it for generations, without realizing that what they are saying simply ISN'T true. The legal definition as for in court- is whether you know right from wrong. I am guilty of avoidance on occasion, but I keep trying. Ever hear of Thomas Edison and his thousands of failed experiments?". I saw your comment, real and gritty, and then read the comments following, expecting some response to your heart felt statement, only to find professionals and apparently learned people hairsplitting over whether Edison used gnat hair or tungsten in order to gain a different result. Daily science news on research developments and the latest scientific innovations, The latest engineering, electronics and technology advances, The most comprehensive sci-tech news coverage on the web. Yes I DO "think" and RESEARCH... and No Edison did not "do the exact same experiment" using the "exact same combinations"!!! Now if I eat a cake because I feel rubbish and that leads me to feel better for 5 minutes and worse for the rest of the time and I keep doing it daily, year after year, expecting each time that it might comfort me when all evidence shows it's ruining my life..I may lose ,y health which will lead me maybe to lose my job etc.. For example: > X = rnorm(100) # X is a sample of 100 normally distributed random variables > P = ecdf(X) # P is a function giving the empirical CDF of X > P(0.0) # This returns the empirical CDF at zero (should be close to 0.5) [1] 0.52 > plot(P) # Draws a plot … Someone who actually questions and thinks, among a sea of sheeple floating wherever the wind of memes take them! Thank you for taking your time to send in your valued opinion to Science X editors. Each year for five years running I have tried to address this by making a New Year's resolution to go to the gym, workout, eat better and lose weight. This thinking happens everytime an addict of any description uses and ADDICTION IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH. Feel good psychology, is starting to wear thin. Figure out what you are doing wrong, and do it right. i get up and go to work everyday. Let's not confuse perseveration with perseverance. A persistent quest against a fear or toward a goal is often the best course of action. 1) Not of the origin people have assumed Get weekly and/or daily updates delivered to your inbox. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. They say the definition of insanity is ...", "It's been a month and I'm still crying about his death. You will hear this phrase in Al-Anon meetings, when someone says : The same can be said for whatever created you. You see everything is controled through fear and the basic human instinct of not wanting to be alone. Leave it to a shrink to complicate a simple and effective concept. Should You Worry About How Delusional You Are? Now it does not issue a new command, as we are done with our journey. The Legal definition is a legal term of Insanity. part may be reproduced without the written permission. since i was upset i was rude to my boss, and a client as well. I was looking for the real definition of insanity. Trying to dig any further into it is stupid. Edison used SEVERAL problem-solving methods ("combinations") which is what helped him progress instead of being some kind of worker drone on an assembly line or some kind of non-researching confirmation biased assumer! clearly no one can involuntarily perform an action and expect any result, it's involuntary! Get a clue! When we get down far enough almost everything is immensely variable and therefore 'technically' you are not doing the same thing. It is not insane to completely rule something out by repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Thank you for your fuller explanation, examples of types of repetition and finally exposing this quote for what it really is!!! Edison's "thousands of failed experiments" would only support your argument of people often repeating the same thing expecting a different result if Edison had tried the exact same experiment in the exact same conditions over and over again. I don't even know how I came across this article today, or why I read it or your comment, other than to possibly give you some engouragement and insight as to what I have come to discover in the last year. Or Are You Over-Committed? I've been thinking about this for a long time and am so tired of hearing this quote. It is not yet known why people get Parkinson's, but researchers think it's a combination of age, genetic and environmental factors that cause the dopamine-producing nerve cells to die affecting the body's ability to move. ", You can start your outside of your assumption and/or biases by doing some searching (and reading > understanding) for "Edisonian approach" or the "Edison's method"... careful though it may detach several confirmation biased entangled synapses! It was a nice try at a a misdirected attack. I see all of you guys arguing about something so unbelievably stupid, so i have to do this. It's informed by mental health professionals, but the term today is primarily legal, not psychological. It’s an open invitation. The truth is that we draw that line and it is a line that is subjective. Is this the only way to describe how to repeat a result? When the first person says: "For as long as we've been married, 23 years!" I think these comments on the word insane by a psychologist are unhelpful. (And no transistors, smart phones etc without Quantum Physics btw). Everyone's personal and mankind's global insistence in attempting to alter an unalterable (or always altering) physical environment may be another...therefore perhaps I could as easily state that the definition of "Insanity" is "attempting to alter the unalterable"....or, "to proceed in endeavour without tools, understanding or capacity". For the real issues facing unemployed workers, adjusting one’s outlook by well intended self-help speeches, is like giving a tire wrench to an Eskimo that needs to find a fish to eat. Questioner may say, as does Dr. Phil, "so how's that workin' out for you?" What he suggested is unnatural for many people, plowing ahead despite failures. Einsteins experiments in time/space would be a classic example, it just seems impossible to the human brain to accept that...only by repeatedly proving that it is in fact the case have we been able to extrapolate out from the theory. If it still does not work try this: 1. Commentators here have used Edison's experiments as example, things that by their very nature require accuracy in their miniature. Sorry, my bad. Remember were created by something and that something is a part of you as you are a part of whatever it is that you believe created you. Hang in there mate. It is NOT a clinical diagnosis, just a folk way of saying that if you stare at the sun every day, and believe it will turn to ice if you do it long enough, you've got a BIG problem with reality. but i really don't care. The definition of insanity doesn't have anything to do with jogging. These are the only two things that you will truely learn on your own. People often 'repeat the same thing expecting a different result.' You just cannot throw an apple up in the air 1000 times expecting that it will somehow just stay up in the air, and if you do that in public you will be declared insane for sure. here's the real point. And someone in your profession should know that better than anyone else. They take your basic survival instincts and use them against you to get you to conform to what they think should be right and wrong. I can't believe anyone would even need to explain this quote to someone with a degree, let alone a doctorate! Some examples: The definition of insanity doesn't have anything to do with jogging. For you will not connect to that which created you through external sources, but only thorugh yourself. Please don't knock that definition when it comes to the 12 step program for it makes great sense and has a powerful message and meaning. It appears to be great for lecturers whipping up a crowd, or to say to get an article published nowadays, but for many people, especially those like me the unemployed kind of like to hear this stuff. I am mearly in your world as you read this as you are in my world as I write this. The disease has a variety of symptoms including tremors—particularly in the hands—gait and balance problems, slowness and extreme stiffness in the arms and legs. So, you aren't using common sense. They control you through the fear that they are controled by. While UX design is a field that feels essential to product development, its function still remains a mystery to many because of its relative newness. Everything that is right for me is not going to be everything that is right for you. Plural noun: inanities- " it might be pure insanity to take out this loan". Honestly whatever credibility you had going in your comment fell apart when you said Benjamin Franklin was a famous president! Each year, I have started out well -- hit the gym 3x a week and lost several pounds. There are treatments and drugs available to Parkinson's patients and the disease isn't fatal, but nothing is available to reverse the effects of the disease. Should I try the same tactics next January? everyone knows you are posting as Khazeem as well. May every day that you live be blessed with love and grace. It is a paradox that can not be easily thrown around without more assessment. Neither your address nor the recipient's address will be used for any other purpose. Thus the leadership of that company must lack common sense (insanity). When you are a baby you think with your heart. You have been programmed from birth to think and feel a certain way about everything in life. When I got clean 23 years ago I was told "The definition of insanity is". What does the polarization have to do with the properties of water? It is far from thoughtful OR informative. It is not that the definition of insanity is, rather it is insane to do the same thing over and over expecting something different to happen. This article is complete garbage. BTW, you had me for about 2 sentences until I realized this wasn't the quote source I would looking for. And only now that UI re-renders for the first time. That would be insane. This does NOT mean I should stop trying to lose weight -- what it means is that I need a new approach. Perseverance towards the goal is an admirable quality. Perseverance in failed behavior is not. (if he would just do what I tell him.) "1) The addition of "failed method" makes an assumptive addition to the original quote. Because water has a slightly negative end and a slightly positive end, it can interact with itself and form a highly organized 'inter-molecular' network. THAT'S the original intent of the quote. Scientists have made a ‘vital step’ towards understanding the origins of Parkinson’s disease – the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. I mean, really? Our research showed that this protein clings onto the inner face of the plasma membrane of brain cells so we are slowly building a picture of this very complex disorder by studying the key function of alpha-synuclein.". No, it isn't. Ask away. You can't, or refuse to, realize this simple concept. That would fall into the latter definition "or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior". 'The definition of the word insanity could be doing the same thing and expecting a different result' This definition is actually referring to compulsive behaviours and orginates from Alcoholics Anonymous.
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