Recent Issues. Chapter 8: The School of the Future. Quote 10

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Recent Issues. Chapter 8: The School of the Future. Quote 10

Post author:B. F. Skinner Foundation
Post published:February 25, 2019
Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day

“It is said, for example, that measures based on the study of nonhuman animals necessarily overlook what is essentially human. But we shall never know what is essentially human until we have seen what animals can do.” (p. 93)

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SKINNER'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It is said, for example, that measures based on the study of nonhuman animals necessarily overlook what is essentially human. But we shall never know what is essentially human until we have seen what animals can do.” (p. 93)

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