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B.F. Skinner Quotes: 6

  • We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

  • Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

  • A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process.

    Walden Two

  • The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.

    Contingencies Of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis

  • A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

    Beyond Freedom and Dignity

  • A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.

    Walden Two