The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. B. F. Skinner machinemanproblem Change image and share on social
I would be opposed to any kind of totalitarian control. B. F. Skinner controlkindoppose Change image and share on social
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. B. F. Skinner circumstancefailuremistake Change image and share on social
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down. B. F. Skinner bonumfallindividual Change image and share on social
I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills. B. F. Skinner anarchisticantibasically share on social
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. B. F. Skinner attackearlyhelpless Change image and share on social
Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything. B. F. Skinner childgiveshape Change image and share on social
I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life. B. F. Skinner agnosticagnosticismaverse share on social
I have to tell people that they are not responsible for their behavior. They're not creating it; they're not initiating anything. It's all found somewhere else. That's an awful lot to relinquish. B. F. Skinner awfulbehaviorcreate Change image and share on social
I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith. B. F. Skinner bothercollegefaith Change image and share on social
