There are facts which have been well established for centuries which are incompatible with the traditional theories of human behavior, and these theories move about in the modern world in a welter of contradiction. But their proponents work busily to patch them up, and somehow they survive. A new interpretation here, a conspiracy of silence there, and the trick is turned; and this will continue to be so until a new and effective theory is worked out. (p. 358)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 23: Current Trends in Experimental Psychology. Quote 30
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