B.F. Skinner - Operant Conditioning and Free Will

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Link - https://youtu.be/yhvaSEJtOV8

'Burrhus Frederic Skinner invented the operant conditioning chamber, innovated his own philosophy of science called Radical Behaviorism and founded his own school of experimental research psychology—the experimental analysis of behavior. Skinner also invented the cumulative recorder to measure rate of responding as part of his highly influential work on schedules of reinforcement.'

"Considering free will to be an illusion, Skinner saw human action as dependent on consequences of previous actions, a theory he would articulate as the principle of reinforcement: If the consequences to an action are bad, there is a high chance the action will not be repeated; if the consequences are good, the probability of the action being repeated becomes stronger."
- Wackypedia

*Personal note: Free will, like every other mental faculty that we possess (eg. intelligence, empathy, courage etc.), can only exist if we use it. Otherwise, it will continue to atrophy until it disappears.

"It (radical behaviorism) refers to the philosophy behind behavior analysis, and is to be distinguished from methodological behaviorism—which has an intense emphasis on observable behaviors—by its inclusion of thinking, feeling, and other private events in the analysis of human and animal psychology. The research in behavior analysis is called the experimental analysis of behavior and the application of this field is called applied behavior analysis (ABA), which was originally termed "behavior modification."
- Wackypedia

*Note: 'Behavior modification' is a euphemism for mind control.

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