A mistake is repeated. Suppose one bangs one's shin against the same coffee table a second time. Now, one thinks that the mistake, and the consequent pain, would produce a "learning experience," but such is not always the case. In fact, the mistake occurs again--and maybe even a third or fourth time--through the same mechanism of the original occurrence. No action is taken after the initial accident; nothing has changed, neither the position of the table nor the habitual behavior of the person whose shin is repeatedly injured.
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