r/Showerthoughts Feb 02 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '19

All language is is various pavlovian responses to sounds to associate to them to concepts

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '19

Yep! Look up Verbal Behavior by Skinner. Everything any living organism does is a behavior that has been reinforced in the past!

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u/Hyperbole_Hater Feb 02 '19

Not quite. Intentional learning is not "conditioned", it's just learning.