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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by craigyk on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:50PM (#13978240)
I share your dislike of this quote, but it reminds me of another I'm fond of, as rebuttal:

"In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they are not"

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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by js8 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @04:31PM (#13980382)
I like this quote more in the form: "The difference between practice and theory is larger in practice than in theory."
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