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genius b. f. skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

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genius b. f. skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.

genius b. f. skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

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.

genius b. f. skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

genius b. f. skinner

Burrhus Frederic 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.

genius b. f. skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

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.

genius b. f. skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

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.