Genies Getting Stuck

As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
— King James translation, Christian bible, Proverbs 26:11

I apologize for the icky metaphor, but I don’t have a better illustration of an effect I’m seeing. No illustration, so you’re welcome for that.

The problem, in general, is that it’s hard-to-impossible to get a genie to change its frame. I wa…