“If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.” IfsHumansIllusionHuman HappinessIllusion Of Freedom Author:B. F. Skinner
“Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make war can be changed. The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. We need to make vast changes in human behavior.” PeopleIfsNeedsHumansArtWarPhilosophyUseNationsPracticeHistoryEnvironmentConditionsChangedBehaviorPopulationNuclearAbandonedHolocaustPollutionHuman BehaviorContraceptives Author:B. F. Skinner
“The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it is possible that all the distinctive achievements of the species can be traced to that one genetic change.” HumansLanguageSoundEducationStepsSpeechAchievementSpeciesProductionsCrucialVocalDistinctiveSteps ForwardHuman SpeciesBehaviorism Author:B. F. Skinner
“I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought!” WayFeelsHumansIdeasRememberUsedDesireMy OwnSubjectsOughtBehaviorRageSelfishExperimentsDamnBehavePredictionsHuman BehaviorDamn YouSelfish Desire Author:B. F. Skinner
“The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear.” HumansClearTendenciesAggressionInnate Author:B. F. Skinner
“Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them who has any concern for human achievements” HumansPersonsSocialPracticeSocietyEssentialsAchievementConcernSpeciesWelfare Author:B. F. Skinner
