"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 u

"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." Pretty much by definition the first people to prepare for any disaster will be people who are or at least appear to be unreasonable. We benefit from a diversity of opinions, even when some of the opinions are wrong.