# Spontifacting along

**URL:** http://discourse.iapct.org/t/spontifacting-along/10714
**Category:** CSG1996
**Created:** [February 4, 1996, 10:16pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/spontifacting-along/10714 "1996-02-04T22:16:12Z")
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### Author: ![Bruce\_Abbott](http://discourse.iapct.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Bruce\_Abbott](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Bruce_Abbott)
#### Post date: [February 4, 1996, 10:16pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/spontifacting-along/10714/1 "1996-02-04T22:16:12Z")

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[From Bruce Abbott (960204.1720 EST)]

> Rick Marken (960204.1300) --

> > Bruce Abbott (960204.1435 EST)

> > That's really not a question I'm qualified to answer with any authority,

> But you just described how to determine whether a system is spontefacting  
> by determining what perceptual aspects of the environment it is spontefacting.  
> So I think you are quite well qualified to judge whether or not EABers (and  
> other psychologists) are acting like they are aware of the possibility  
> that organisms may be spontefacting.

That's not the problem; the problem is that I am not particularly  
well-informed as to how "EABers and other psychologists" (a large domain)  
are "acting." I did give you my opinion with respect to those whose work is  
at least passingly familiar to me; for the rest the only honest answer is "I  
don't know." I'm not an authority on what everyone in psychology (or even  
EAB) is doing.

> What behavioral phenomenon does perceptual spontefaction theory  
> explain?

Hold on now -- you haven't answered MY question yet! It's still your turn.

Regards,

Bruce