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Subject: Re: Science: from specialization to incompetence
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 06:20:08 EDT
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In article <583@spar.UUCP> ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) writes:
>    I recently encountered the height of unscientific arrogance in the
>    quotes below from B.F. Skinner:  [ etc. ]

I hope it is not overlooked that the work of twisted minds
such as Skinner's is not idle speculation confined safely to 
the laboratory, but rather a grand experiment in which we
are all the subjects (victims). Naive parents read that
so-called experts advocate certain practices and
inflict same on their poor children ... (do we really
want someone who claims we don't exist running our lives?)

(I should qualify the above by saying that I have been biased
against Skinner for many years.)