Top 25 Quotes by B. F. Skinner of 107 - Page 5

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

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.

B. F. Skinner

Education, Achievement, Sound

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?

B. F. Skinner

Holocaust, Waiting, Nuclear

Overcrowding can be corrected only by inducing people not to crowd, and the environment will continue to deteriorate until polluting practices are abandoned.

B. F. Skinner

Practice, People, Crowds

Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom.

B. F. Skinner

Boredom, Despair, Battle

B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.79, Hackett Publishing

The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background.

B. F. Skinner

World, Violence, Looks

B.F. SKINNER (1948). “WALDEN TWO”

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

B. F. Skinner

Practice, Achievement, Society

A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other.

B. F. Skinner

Hands, Culture, Novelty

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