Time continues to pass, the world of next time is not the same as the world of last time for anything we do
Contrary to popular belief, Einstein did not say, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and expecting different results.'
But of course I wasn’t exactly doing the same thing again. There had been change. I had weighed my terror of the dogs against my distaste for fishy decomposition, and decided to try harder. Maybe the dogs weren’t exactly doing the same thing either, maybe they felt less aggressive second time around. Maybe the wind carried my scent to them later in the process, maybe I conveyed a whiff of determination as well as fear.
I do the same thing and expect different results, but thinking reality remains the same is sheer fantasySarah Moss: Until recently, I assumed everyone had infinite worlds of light, sound, scent, taste and touch in their headsA psychologist friend of mine often observes that siblings are not raised in the same family because the family changes along the way: births and deaths; maybe relocations and emigrations; richer or poorer; in sickness and in health.
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