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Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. This quote appears here regularly and while I generally agree with the underlying message we should put
by icanhackit 11y ago
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
This quote appears here regularly and while I generally agree with the underlying message we should put on our nuance-goggles and consider the amount of energy expended by reasonable people repairing the unreasonable person's path of destruction, and that the progress gauge can go backwards as well as forwards.
- groutexpectatio 11y agoshould be perfectly fine to hold extreme opinions. Bayesian distributions suggests that extreme opinions will be unpopular, and will not find much evidence from the real world, and will be less likely to gain mass following.
- adrianN 11y agoIf only humans were rational bayesian reasoners...
- johnchristopher 11y agoAnd it also comes with the same submission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10567630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10567630
- mcv 11y agoWhile the quote is true, it doesn't mean that being unreasonable should be a goal in itself. Indeed, destruction also comes from unreasonable people. It all depends on what it is you're really trying to accomplish. Is it something good? By all means, push harder to get there. But if it's something bad, then you may end up destroying more value than you create. A witty saying doesn't let you bypass ethics. Change depends on the unreasonable man, but not all change is progress. Maybe listen to reasonable people to steer the change towards something good.