You can never really do the same thing twice. Time is always moving forward and cannot be replicated. (Barring futuristic time-travel tech.)
Rivers and men, yes, but sometimes circumstances are close enough that it doesn’t change the results much.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results" is impossible, because time changes whenever we try to do the same thing.
Submitted 1 day ago by Dalacos@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Dalacos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At -1 I feel the need to state, I am right though, no?
Much and not at all are two vastly varying definitions in science.
And in this, I am right. Downvotes or not. Hill=dying.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
If you die on the hill, you’ll never know whether the next time is different.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The small variations might not account for a change big enough to be relevant/perceptible, but yeah, I think you’re right regardless. 🤷
Dalacos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As an example, steel before 1940s didn’t have minuscule traces of atmospheric radiation in it.
Research conducted after the atmosphere had increased radiation would be different to research conducted after, in that vein.
Scavenging WW1 wrecks for non-contaminated steel for use in things like medical equipment is still ongoing, as an example.
Time can certainly change the answer to a question without any input from the individual user.
Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 20 hours ago
Time can certainly change the answer to a question without any input from the individual user.
If it ‘can’, it can also ‘cannot’. The idiom refers to doing things where time changing is irrelevant.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Perhaps we cannot actually do the same thing twice in exactly the same way.
But we can perceive that we are doing it a second time in exactly the same way, without perceiving the differences.
So, in practice, it can be replicated within the frame of our flesh-brained awareness.
Dalacos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I am right.
“Actually in practise” isn’t what this post is about.
and at -1 I’ll be pedantic.
I am correct. Equivocate as you will. But I am right.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Oh, I see what you did there. In order to make sure you believe your answer is correct, you added additional details that weren’t part of the original statement.
Cool.
_Nico198X_@europe.pub 19 hours ago
trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 minutes ago
This quote is not referring to the scientific method, it is social.
If a person tries to address an emotional issue by eating chocolate or by drinking alcohol, and then the emotional issue keeps happening, and every time they address it with the same solution, then that is “insanity”. You’re doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Sure you’re not eating the same chocolate or drinking the same beer, but you’re not addressing the core of your emotional issue either.