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Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Extremely Positive Powerful Properly Reinforcement Used

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The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Abandoned Continue Deteriorate Environment Pollution Practices Until Will

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The environment shapes people's actions.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Actions Environment People Shapes

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I have to tell people that they are not responsible for their behavior. They're not creating it; they're not initiating anything. It's all found somewhere else. That's an awful lot to relinquish.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Anything Awful Awful Lot Behavior Creating Else Found Lot People Relinquish Responsible Somewhere Somewhere Else Tell

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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Basically Been Behave Believe Bills Business Collecting Having In Other Words Like Other People Politicians Priests See Stand Well Without Words Would I Believe I Believe That

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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.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Always Came Decisions Design Did Direct Life Made Me My Life Never Them Things Up

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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

Topics: Case Environment Exhaustion Explicit Future Holocaust Latter Make More Must Nuclear Our Overpopulation Pollution Problems Resources Secure Selection Solve Steps Take Transcend Wait

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I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: About Bothered College Faith Freshman Going Had Him Lost Philosophy Professor Religion Remember Remember When Somewhat Still Telling Worried I Remember

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I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Altruism Altruistic Because Children Cost Deny Fact Gene Genetics History However Importance Me Might Myself Operated Some Something

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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.

~B. F. Skinner

Topics: Make Man Seen

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: March 20th, 1904

Died: August 18th, 1990

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