B. F. Skinner on attitude
B. F. Skinner107 quotes“We 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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A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A person’s genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his personal history the rest.
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.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A person’s genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his personal history the rest.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A person’s genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his personal history the rest.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner We 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.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner We 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.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner I don’t believe in God, so I’m not afraid of dying.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner The juvenile delinquent does not feel his disturbed personality. The intelligent man does not feel his intelligence or the introvert his introversion.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A vast technology has been developed to prevent, reduce, or terminate exhausting labor and physical damage. It is now dedicated to the production of the most trivial conveniences and comfort.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner
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