Society Attacks Early, When The Individual Is

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.

Indeed One Of The Ultimate Advantages Of An Education Is Simply Coming To The End Of It.

The Strengthening Of Behavior Which Results From Reinforcement Is Appropriately Called 'conditioning'. In Operant Conditioning We 'strengthen' An Operant In The Sense Of Making A Response More Probable Or, In Actual Fact, More Frequent.

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?

No Theory Changes What It Is A Theory About. Nothing Is Changed Because We Look At It, Talk About It, Or Analyze It In A New Way. Keats Drank Confusion To Newton For Analyzing The Rainbow, But The Rainbow Remained As Beautiful As Ever And Became For Many Even More Beautiful. Man Has Not Changed Because We Look At Him, Talk About Him, And Analyze Him Scientifically. ... What Does Change Is Our Chance Of Doing Something About The Subject Of A Theory. Newton's Analysis Of The Light In A Rainbow Was A Step In The Direction Of The Laser.