DNA Quote: BF Skinner
by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted November 23, 2007 in DNA Quotes and Excerpts
A person is not an originating agent; he is a locus, a point at which many genetic and environmental conditions come together in a joint effect.
~ BF Skinner, About Behaviorism, New York: Knopf, 1974
Tags: behaviorism, bf skinner, genetics, genes, dna, quote
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Skinner may have been surprised at the role of genes in operant conditioning ! Here’s a post on recent finding …
http://originsgenomeresources.net/musings/?p=70
From what I’ve read of Skinner, he wasn’t much surprised by anything! Strange fellow.