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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
There is a great quote from B.F. Skinner that I've tried to track down for years. I originally read it in a religious tract, and that's not exactly an acceptable source for scholarly work. Furthermore, I have to quote it from memory, so don't take this one to the bank, but here it is (attributed):
"The picture that emerges from science is not that of a body with a person inside, but of a body which IS a person, in that it displays a complex repertoire of behavior."
It's a great quote, but for all I know, the author of that small tract may have pulled it out of his hat. Skinner may not have said it at all.
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i think that quote was from his other book Beyond Freedom and Dignity, which i intend to read after Walden Two. his ideas fascinate me
and really, he's being very straightforward, but there is a lot of truth in what he says.