I just gotta have that parrot

[From Rick Marken (951203.1830)]

Bruce Abbott (951203.2005 EST) --

By the way, I am getting the strong impression that you (and Rick) believe
that these reinforcement-theory explanations are the ones I subscribe to.

Speaking for myself, no, I don't think you subscribe to reinforcent-theory
explanations at all. What I think you subscribe to is the idea that
reinforcent-theory explanations ARE explanations of what's going on in
operant conditioning experiments.

I'm trying to show that these explanations, so far as they go, are
internally consistent and sensible, given the assumptions of the theory
and the observations.

Yes, that's what I thought you think. The fact that you continue to think
this way after over a year on CSG-L is a testament to your ability to control
your perception of reinforcement theory. Well done.

I don't know about Bill, but I feel like I absolutely MUST have that parrot.

Best

Rick