B. F. Skinner Quotes
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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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“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”
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“The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of behavior that benefits everyone.”
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“The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.”
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“I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.”
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“The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.”
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“When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.”
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“Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.”
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“The environment shapes people's actions.”
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“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”