The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
B. F. SKINNERWe have seen that in certain respects operant reinforcement resembles the natural selection of evolutionary theory. Just as genetic characteristics which arise as mutations are selected or discarded by their consequences, so novel forms of behavior are selected or discarded through reinforcement.
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I don’t believe in God, so I’m not afraid of dying.
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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.
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To say that behaviors have different ‘meanings’ is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.
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…not everyone is willing to defend a position of ‘not knowing.’ There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake.
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If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.
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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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If you’re old, don’t try to change yourself, change your environment.
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Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.
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Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.
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Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.
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We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.
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The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
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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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