Man is a machine, but a machine in the sense that a tree is a machine. What he does, he does because of his structure, not because of some indwelling agent called a 'will.'
— B.F. Skinner Modern

Behaviorism

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About Behaviorism

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1974

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Humorous

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/10468

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