Do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.
B. F. SKINNER
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B. F. Skinner107 quotes“Do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.”
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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 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 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. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Going out of style isn’t a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year’s dress in order to make it worthless.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.
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