Author: B. F. Skinner

Quotes

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

- 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.

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

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

- B. F. 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.

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

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

- B. F. Skinner

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

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

- B. F. Skinner

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

- B. F. Skinner

Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

- B. F. Skinner

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

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

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