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We can all accept to some degree that, sometimes, we’re just plain stupid. For example, being told that the soup is hot and still taking a spoon-full without a single blow before completely neutralizing our taste buds. Or t parking in the handicapped spot just because it was closer, not necessarily the only vacant space.

Stupidity is something that characterizes us at least once in our lifetime. But insanity is no laughing matter. Yet somehow, stupidity and insanity often cross paths. Or at least Albert Einstein thought they did. He once famously said:

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

—Albert Einstein

This is both funny and sad if you think about it. Funny, because we’ve all been overly persistent with something that didn’t work at least once in our lives. Sad, because it’s true. You have to be a special kind of stupid to persist in repeating a process that always ends in failure, without tweaking anything between experiments. But craziness is a relative thing, much like Einstein’s entire work. So if you feel the quip describes you, don’t sweat it – we’ve all be there, some more than once.