Einstein was wrong!
Albert Einstein defined insanity as, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I strongly disagree with his definition. Albert Einstein should have stuck to math and physic's and stayed away from philosophy.
Below is a cut and paste from my book Killing Abel's post script. Where I make the point that Einstein was wrong about his definition of insanity.
"My Wish
I wish that people would look back before they react. Ignoring history in the pursuit of a particular course of action that has been repeatedly seen to have failed in the past is the essence of arrogance. Albert Einstein defined insanity as, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I strongly disagree with his definition. It is not insanity. It is vanity. It is human nature. Indeed it is our own arrogance that leads us to believe that we will succeed where people for generations before us have failed, and it is our vanity and arrogance that lead us to believe that we are far more talented or that our ideas must be far superior to those of whose shoulder we stand upon.
It is arrogance to try yet again, and guilt soon follows to justify the predictable failure with false altruism. “At least we tried,” we say, as the ones we “helped” are punished further by our good intentions.
We all stand on our fathers’ shoulders, and we are obligated by where we stand―upon the billions who have preceded us―to simply look to our fathers and to accept their guidance. We might avoid many mistakes if we would only look to what has come before, look at our place in history, make decisions based on what is known, and then give our ancestors the credit due them―good and bad―for the history they gave us. If we would only look back and then think anew, the world would be a much better place.
What is the opposite of arrogance and vanity? That is humility. All we need to do is to humble ourselves against the background of history, placing ourselves justly, and then, with humility, look forward and reason anew. Wow, the world would be a much better place if just a few of us were to bend a knee before we act and humbly look back to those who tried before us. That we may begin to do so is my wish."
Albert Einstein defined insanity as, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I strongly disagree with his definition. Albert Einstein should have stuck to math and physic's and stayed away from philosophy.
Below is a cut and paste from my book Killing Abel's post script. Where I make the point that Einstein was wrong about his definition of insanity.
"My Wish
I wish that people would look back before they react. Ignoring history in the pursuit of a particular course of action that has been repeatedly seen to have failed in the past is the essence of arrogance. Albert Einstein defined insanity as, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I strongly disagree with his definition. It is not insanity. It is vanity. It is human nature. Indeed it is our own arrogance that leads us to believe that we will succeed where people for generations before us have failed, and it is our vanity and arrogance that lead us to believe that we are far more talented or that our ideas must be far superior to those of whose shoulder we stand upon.
It is arrogance to try yet again, and guilt soon follows to justify the predictable failure with false altruism. “At least we tried,” we say, as the ones we “helped” are punished further by our good intentions.
We all stand on our fathers’ shoulders, and we are obligated by where we stand―upon the billions who have preceded us―to simply look to our fathers and to accept their guidance. We might avoid many mistakes if we would only look to what has come before, look at our place in history, make decisions based on what is known, and then give our ancestors the credit due them―good and bad―for the history they gave us. If we would only look back and then think anew, the world would be a much better place.
What is the opposite of arrogance and vanity? That is humility. All we need to do is to humble ourselves against the background of history, placing ourselves justly, and then, with humility, look forward and reason anew. Wow, the world would be a much better place if just a few of us were to bend a knee before we act and humbly look back to those who tried before us. That we may begin to do so is my wish."
LOL But I don't thing it would be inaccurate to say . .. "vanity is in everyone's DNA" . . .