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Originally Posted by Mike Brewer
Also very true. But it's still a very effective way to train people in basic behaviors. It's the basics I was talking about. You'll never teach someone trigonometry with operant conditioning. But you can (and very often do) teach them things like "Keep Your Hands Up" that way. We're not dogs, but we also shouldn't delude ourselves into thinking that we have absolutely nothing in comon with them.
In my opinion, it's just a matter of "proper tool for the proper job."
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That's true too, for sure. My point was just that BoringSpear's hairstylist there shouting "Operant conditioning, baby! You can't argue with that, its science!" was a silly generalism by a half-wit just clinging to a term to try and declare himself beyond question. A very BoringSpear approach, to be sure.