*The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists i...

trotsky on June 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Eric Raymond: Why I think RMS is a fanatic, and wh...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw - Maxims for Revolutionists - http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26107/pg26107.html

In my opinion Eric argues against his point simply by making it.