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It Is A Surprising Fact That Those Who Object Most Violently To The Manipulation Of Behaviour Nevertheless Make The Most Vigorous Effort To Manipulate Minds.

A First Principle Not Formally Recognized By Scientific Methodologists: When You Run Into Something Interesting, Drop Everything Else And Study It.

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?

Punitive Measures Whether Administered By Police, Teachers, Spouses Or Parents Have Well Known Standard Effects: (1) Escape-education Has Its Own Name For That: Truancy, (2) Counterattack-vandalism On Schools And Attacks On Teachers, (3) Apathy-a Sullen Do-nothing Withdrawal. The More Violent The Punishment, The More Serious The By-products.

The Simulated Approval And Affection With Which Parents And Teachers Are Often Urged To Solve Behavior Problems Are Counterfeit. So Are Flattery, Backslap-ping, And Many Other Ways Of "winning Friends.