Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. - B. F. Skinner 3 Share Now -
I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life. - B. F. Skinner 4 Share Now -
A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. - B. F. Skinner 5 Share Now -
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down. - B. F. Skinner 6 Share Now -
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount. - B. F. Skinner 7 Share Now -
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. - B. F. Skinner 8 Share Now -
Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection? - B. F. Skinner 10 Share Now -
