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usonian

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2. That's so powerful that I used it in a post.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 07:35 PM

Jun 25

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19643403

I so hate that overused and outright wrong "definition of insanity".

Specifically: "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result"

By a very smart person (not myself)

One remarkable example is British Airways Flight 9 from London to New Zealand, which lost power in all four engines as a result of flying through a volcanic ash cloud from an eruption of Mount Galunggung. It’s an incredible story of the pilots staying calm and strategizing through the various survival options. For them, in the end, sticking to the engine restart process, failing time and time again while expecting and hoping for a different result, actually worked. The engines eventually restarted and they were able to land safely.

I met Sully. What a great guy. There's some numerology in the Flight on Hudson that would totally dox me. DM only.

And I stand by my post on the wrong definition of insanity. We're not insane to fight RW nazis over and over and expect a better result. To the cornfield with them!

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On June 24, 1982, all four engines of British Airways Flight 009 failed when it flew into a cloud of volcanic ash. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 OP

What a great, great story! MyOwnPeace Jun 25 #1

That's so powerful that I used it in a post. usonian Jun 25 #2