Thursday, December 13, 2018
Thanks, Ralph 478, Skinnr edition
The latest step in total censorship is puzzling from a Skinner/Pavlov viewpoint.
A Tumblr page is a mix of attractive stuff and pure SJW slogans. Now that Tumblr is getting rid of the attractive stuff, only the slogans will remain.
All advertising and propaganda works this way, whether it's a magazine ad for a car or a broadcast of "news". Without the attractive stuff, nobody wants to pay attention to the dull stuff. Attractive stuff evokes pleasant emotion, which spills over the dull stuff and sweetens it.
In theory the left supports Skinner's view of life. There are no genes, so all behavior is learned by conditioning.
In practice the left ignores Skinner and expects people to learn without a proper structure of rewards and punishments. Schools and prisons use rewards and punishments mechanically, with no correlation to PURPOSES or goals.
Without the rewards, Tumblr will fade away, taking the official slogans with it.
As Julie Andrews sings,
A spoonful of medicine helps the medicine go down, in the most repulsive way!
Nice automatic justice. Thanks, Ralph!
Labels: Emersonian justice
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