Thread: [Under consideration] Karma for GIVING thanks in Talk
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2009-10-23 , 23:59
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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
I think it's "Skinnerian", the author of the excellent Walden II as well as the leading exponent of what another brainy guy, Arthur Koestler, called the "rat-amorphic" view of humans.

That it is... I missed an "n" . :doh

My introduction to B. F. Skinner came from a demonstration of behavior theory using something called Skinner's box... This was many years ago but I was hooked. I even married a "Rat Lab" girl from a well known University's bio-behavior unit. You can imagine what she has me trained to do.

I was reminded of Skinner in this case because after once or twice seeing my thanks number increase, I realized that this intermittent reinforcement has conditioned me to look at that dang number now just about every day.