At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.
B. F. SKINNERThe real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
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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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Teachers must learn how to teach they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching.
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No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn’t die out, it’s wiped out.
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A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he’s often sure he can find one. And that’s a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.
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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.
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A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself.
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The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
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We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.
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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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But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn’t freedom. It’s not control that’s lacking when one feels ‘free’, but the objectionable control of force.
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Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.
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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.
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Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.
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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.
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Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.
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