Albert Einstein, the acclaimed theoretical physicist, is credited with saying the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Einstein is thought to have had Miami Dolphins fans in mind when he said that. It is true he died 11 years before the Dolphins came along, but that’s how smart he was! He anticipated that, in the coming century, Dolfans would lead the league in believing in their team year after year only to be let down again and again.
He might well have posited, as an example, that one must be insane to engage in the self-torture (or mere self-delusion) of merrily singing, “And when you say Miami, you’re talkin’ Super Bowl” ... even though no one has actually said or thought that of their football team since back when you could buy a brand new Cadillac Eldorado coupe for about $7,000.
