Reasonable Person Principle (2009)

Re:Reasonable Person Principle (2009) by muzster on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @08:28AM (#28367076)

"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

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Re:Reasonable Person Principle (2009) by ozim on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @01:17PM (#28370784)

Well I don't think Shaw was thinking that everyone should become Karen or all progress depending on acting as one.

Reasonable person principle is about being a decent person it is not about Copernicus accepting geocentric model and living rest of life with it.

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Re:Reasonable Person Principle (2009) by Applejinx on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @08:43AM (#28367289)

…according to Shaw, who's the unreasonable man in his example.

I'm gonna say that's bias to the point of being untrustworthy. You could also say 'therefore, the unreasonable one always gets his way, AND SO HE SHOULD'.

Reasonable minds might criticize this position :)

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Re:Reasonable Person Principle (2009) by da_chicken on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @09:36AM (#28367893)

Well, that does explain Ayn Rand.

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