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B. F. Skinner Quotes

«We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.»
Author: B. F. Skinner | About: Books | Keywords: books, Great Books, reading, readings, Teach
«The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.»
Author: B. F. Skinner
«Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.»
Author: B. F. Skinner | About: Education | Keywords: forgotten, survives
«Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.»
Author: B. F. Skinner | Keywords: attacks, early, helpless
«If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.»
Author: B. F. Skinner
«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.»
Author: B. F. Skinner | About: Life, Self-control | Keywords: design
«The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.»
Author: B. F. Skinner | Keywords: machines, surrounds
«Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.»
Author: B. F. Skinner | About: Education | Keywords: learnt
«The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.»
Author: B. F. Skinner | Keywords: machines
«The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.»
Author: B. F. Skinner