Walter Bowart Operation Mind Control by unknow

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Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Walter Bowart

highly reputable. " I t appear s fro m th e evidenc e tha t som e may rathe r hav e been , a s Phili p Hilt s playfull y suggests , ". . . hunchbacke d wart-infeste d evi l scientist s . . ." 9

Perhaps th e greates t dange r t o freedo m o f though t an d behavior i s pose d b y th e bree d o f psycho-scientist s wh o cal l themselves "behaviorists. " Whil e mos t psychologist s onc e concerned themselve s wit h th e stud y o f huma n though t an d the ric h lif e o f th e mind , th e behaviorist s believ e tha t man' s problems ca n bes t b e understoo d b y studyin g hi s actions . What a ma n thinks , sees , feels , want s an d knows — everything tha t a ma n is, behaviorist s believe , ca n b e mos t easily understoo d i n term s o f wha t h e does.

Behaviorism woul d appea r t o b e a predictabl e expres - sion o f materialisti c cultures , Eas t an d West , whic h valu e externals abov e al l else . Yo u wil l seldo m hea r a be - haviorist spea k o f "will " o r eve n "mind. " Thes e ar e considered unscientific , subjectiv e terms . Instead , th e behaviorists spea k onl y o f "reflexes " whic h ar e rein - forced b y conditionin g fro m th e environment . The y loo k forward t o th e da y whe n the y ca n conclusivel y prov e tha t conditioning begin s a t th e momen t o f conception , an d tha t reflexes ar e ultimatel y th e ver y stuf f o f wha t wa s onc e called th e soul ! Th e scienc e o f behavioris m portray s th e human bein g a s mechanisti c protoplasm . Th e mos t avant- garde behaviorist s hav e develope d a n unhol y allianc e wit h biochemists wh o togethe r ar e explorin g genetics , hopin g t o find th e ke y fo r breedin g selecte d behaviora l characteris - tics. Certainl y a perso n bor n wit h al l hi s limb s wil l behav e differently fro m a perso n wh o i s bor n wit h geneti c damag e and withou t limbs . Bu t beyon d that , wha t som e behavior - ists ar e lookin g fo r i s a geneti c facto r whic h control s anger , docility, an d othe r personalit y tendencies .

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