“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?” ProblemWaitingStepsCasesEnvironmentResourcesSolveNuclearSecureLatterOur FutureHolocaustPollutionSelectionExhaustionExplicitOverpopulation Author:B. F. Skinner
“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” ThinkingMenRealProblemScienceTechnologyComputerMachinesIntelligenceFavouriteReal ProblemsScience And TechnologyComputer TechnologyScience TechnologyTechnology And EducationTechnology In EducationEducational Technology Author:B. F. Skinner
“At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.” MenWorldTryingMomentsProblemBornNumbersMen And WomenIntelligentEnormousFasterGoodwillIntelligent Man Book:WALDEN TWO Source: WALDEN TWO
“Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli” ProblemConstructionProblem SolvingStimulus Author:B. F. Skinner
“The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop building one in which it will be impossible to live at all.” WorldWellsProblemLanguageEducationGreaterImpossibleBuildingImportanceRemainsLive WellBehaviorism Author:B. F. Skinner
“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.” WayProblemWinningParentTeacherBehaviorAffectionSolveApprovalFlatteryCounterfeitParents And TeachersPingBehavior Problems Author:B. F. Skinner