Take that (not) Einstein!

  • stephen01king@piefed.zip
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    1 day ago

    If you were looking for consistency, that is by definition you looking for the same result, which is not covered in the definition of insanity.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 day ago

      Not necessarily. If you are learning a skill that requires accuracy (e.g. darts), you will sdo the same thing ovre and over. In the beginning the result will be that you will hardly be able to hit the board at all, and after a ton of practice the result will be that you will hit where you want to hit.

      So by doing the same thing over and over again you will get a different result.

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          18 hours ago

          Ok, let’s try this a different way:

          “I’m gonna get a drink.” - “I’m gonna do the same.”

          Is the second person going to immitate every single motion of the first person?

          Or will the second person just also get a drink, maybe not even the same drink?

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            10 hours ago

            Every time I go to the park, I’m able to knock balls right out the park with my favorite bat. Am I more likely to get a career in major league baseball or arrested for animal cruelty?
            Your argument is on par with arguing that because you saw an article about people playing base that you think we should arrest everyone in the stadium for animal cruelty.

            • squaresinger@lemmy.worldOP
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              10 hours ago

              There’s a saying in German: “Nicht alles was hinkt ist ein Vergleich”.

              Roughly translated: “Not everything which is flawed is an analogy.”

              People do say “I’m going to do the same” when doing something that has the same kind of outcome without being an identical copy of an action.

              People do not use a bat (animal) as a replacement for a bat (sports equipment) because usually people understand the concept of homonyms.

              That’s really not the comeback that you think it is.