B. F. Skinner on men
B. F. Skinner107 quotes“The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.”
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Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner To say that behaviors have different ‘meanings’ is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner To say that behaviors have different ‘meanings’ is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner To say that behaviors have different ‘meanings’ is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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