Lottery Madness, If the shoe fits

Reply #15

RJOh — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:34:12 GMT

Albert Einstein Quotes - Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...

Playing lotteries isn't physic or insanity, you can play many times and lose before you play and win or you could play and win the first time and there after play and lose many times. Facts are most lottery winners say they played a long time before winning.

Reply #14

CashWinner$ — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:54:59 GMT

I can relate

Reply #13

feri32 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:43:37 GMT

I think you are applying that rule to something you shouldn't :)

It would apply if you woke up every morning and dream about hitting the lottery without actually buying a ticket.

Reply #12

joker17 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:44:12 GMT

Thinking is not a fault, but thinking about something that has nothing to do with what Einstein says in that quote is called drifting away from the facts. You keep interjecting things that dilute what he's saying.

Reply #11

OwlCreekBridge — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:00:52 GMT

you're right but I never knew thinking was a fault. I'm sure you don't know what inductive reasoning is let alone know how it could possibly be an act of faith.

Reply #10

joker17 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:44:08 GMT

How do you figure?

It's not faith to believe a drill will work better than a plastic fork, it's a fact. I believe you're thinking way too hard.

Reply #9

OwlCreekBridge — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:59:44 GMT

when you believe something will happen in the future based on what has happened in the past, you are taking an inductive leap of faith.

Reply #8

joker17 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:23:22 GMT

You're really making it more complicated than it is. Faith has nothing to do with this.

Reply #7

OwlCreekBridge — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:26:46 GMT

the problem with the statement and the reason it should never be used, is it implies that if someone doesn t put their faith in inductive reasoning, then they are insane.

And yes, inductive reasoning is a form of faith. If you don t believe me look up the problem of induction.

Reply #6

joker17 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:41:35 GMT

Again, it all depends what you're applying it to.

If I try to break a hole into a solid wall of steel with a plastic fork, and after 5 attempts the fork broke, yet I got another plastic fork for another attempt, that would constitue being insane, or just plain dumb.

But if i realized a plastic fork wasn't going to do the job, and got an electric drill strong enough, then I would be sane.

Reply #5

OwlCreekBridge — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:31:10 GMT

Evoking Einstein's name is just an appeal to authority. Einstein contributed many things to our understanding of the world but he was not a demigod and he was not infallible. If you look at the statement and try to determine it's truth value, you'll realize it is wrong. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is not the definition of insanity.

Reply #4

joker17 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:55:15 GMT

What Einstein was referring to is working on problems. If you conduct a test in order to solve the problem, and the test shows a negative result, it would be insane to do the exact same test over again and expect a different result.

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Reply #3

OwlCreekBridge — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:16:58 GMT

I don't care if Einstein said that quote but it's just plain wrong, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results can not be the definition of insanity.

An example would be, if I walked into my bedroom and flicked a light switch 10 nights in a row and had the light turn on every single time, on the 11th night I'm about to flick the switch, would it be insane of me to believe I might get a different result, as in maybe the light might not turn on?

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Reply #2

SteveC — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:37:03 GMT

Uhhhhhmmmm

Reply #1

JosephusMinimus — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:22:41 GMT

SteveC: People who know a lot more about the functionings of the human mind than Albert Einstein have gone to a lot of trouble to define what is, what isn't, and what might be. The fact they don't agree among themselves doesn't add any strength to what Einstein said about it, but it does leave a lot of elbow room for people who know even less about insanity than he did to add their own definitions to the ocean of them already in print and discourse.

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Lottery Madness, If the shoe fits

SteveC — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:39:09 GMT

Twice everyday I walk into the cigar shop and plunk down hard earned money. If you had me hooked to a lie detector you would see that I honestly believe I was going to win that very draw.

I rarely do,but expect to anyways

in san i ty/in'sanite/Noun

2. Extreme foolishness or irrationality.

Albert Einstein Quotes - Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...