Reasonable

Some people like this quote. I've quoted it. But the more I look at it the more I think its simply not true.

"A reasonable man adapts himself to his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable men."

Assertion 1: "A reasonable man adapts himself to his environment." Sure, but he or she may also sees places where their environment can be changed. Change the pairadigem, as they say. It also would mean that people can not intentionally be creative or imaginative. That they can not intentionally or randomly think outside their little box to see the edges of the real box. Which they have proven many times, they can. Discovery can happen by accident even.