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Re: You're already in one | |
Posted By: Hoovaloov | Date: 10/30/12 10:32 p.m. |
In Response To: You're already in one (RC Master) : If you want to get all reductionist, even your body is a skinner box. : Eat food. Receive pleasure.
: Your entire life your body was a willing accomplice in programming you into
: But the thought isn't really useful in deciding how we should while away our
This really isn't a big deal, but I'd disagree. The purpose of the Skinner box is to teach something to perform an action that it otherwise would not. Mice do not naturally want to pull levers. But the Skinner box teaches them that doing so produces a reward. Therefore, they keep pulling the lever. Humans don't need to be taught to eat food and have sex. Society/Morality is the true Skinner box as it teaches humans to behave in certain that they otherwise would not in order to receive rewards and avoid punishment.
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