Saturday

Skinner


Skinner's take on free will :

In his book called Beyond Freedom and Dignity Skinner responded to criticisms about his lack of recognition of human dignity and free will.  He asked:  What do we mean when we say we want to be free?  Usually we mean we don’t want to be in a society that punishes us for doing what we want to do.  Okay -- aversive stimuli don’t work well anyway, so out with them!  Instead, we’ll only use reinforcers to “control” society.  And if we pick the right reinforcers, we will feel free, because we will be doing what we feel we want!

Friday

Home


So I woke up this morning with this weird feeling of doubt and wonder that i am still carrying right now .....I had unusual dreams all night but I can't figure out what caused it , i had a normal work day yesterday and i was emotionally fine all day . then why seven hours of nightmare????
I cried in my sleep ,i figure a lot cause i couldn't open my eyes this morning they hurt so much .
I think it's about time to have a trip home ..back to Tehran for a month or so .May be I just need a break from everything .I haven't been home for almost 4 years...it's getting way too long .
I just don't know ....if i should go home end of July or in December.....I can't put my thoughts together and that's very annoying. Things are getting more and more complicated everyday regardless of how complicated I make it in my mind ....maybe I just need to sleep more ...so I feel better or maybe I should call some friends and hang out with them ..that might make me feel better or go and do my work in the library.....i have no idea and i think i am going insane.... I miss my family so much :'-(