When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.
B. F. SKINNERA permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
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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.
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Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli
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A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself.
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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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Your liberals and radicals all want to govern. They want to try it their way- to show that people will be happier if the power is wielded in a different way or for different purposes. But how do they know? Have they ever tried it? No, it’s merely their guess.
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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.
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I don’t believe in God, so I’m not afraid of dying.
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When we say that a man controls himself, we must specify who is controlling whom.
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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 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 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.
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I’ve often said that my rats have taught me much more than I’ve taught them.
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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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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
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If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.
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