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Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.

Insanity is also assuming the electric fence that shocked you a hundred times is still turned on.

So no matter what you do it is wrong unless it works, then you are a genius. I am not sure how to use this advice.

You captured the human condition perfectly. We're all walking contradictions trying to guess which fences are real.

One way to look at it is to just test one fence. Just one. If it shocks you, now you know. If it doesn't, now you're free. And either way, you're now no longer guessing.

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