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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. Skinner

I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of complexity) lie in the field of verbal behavior.
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Difference Lying Men
Teachers must learn how to teach they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching.
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Education Learning Need Teaching
I don’t believe in God, so I’m not afraid of dying.
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Afraid Believe Death God Myself
It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled.
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Control Freedom Improvement Issues Men Mistake
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
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Problem Reality Science Technology
Behavior is determined by its consequences.
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Attitude Determination
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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Men Question Reality Technology Thinking
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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Principle Recognition Run Study Yourself
What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.
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Deep Love Positive
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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Action Inspirational Journey Start
Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli
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Construction Problem Problem Solving
We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
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Achievement Book Education Greatness Love Reading Study Teacher
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.
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Born Breed Education Genius Men Production
Do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.
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Attitude Judgement Person
Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.
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Children Education Himself Myself
When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.
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Control Himself Men

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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