Here's a video of a cat learning to climb down a tree. They have to learn b/c it's unintuitive to do it backwards (so the claws can catch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfD0qWH4xo&ab_channel=MarkMckelvie …pic.twitter.com/LVy8O7bFF6
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"I have come to call this the "prelearning temper tantrum." It seems to me that the subject has the tantrum because what it has always thought to be true turns out suddenly not to be true; and there's no clear reason why ... yet."
"In humans prelearning temper tantrums often seem to take place when long-held beliefs are challenged and the subject knows deep inside that there is some truth to the new information."
this would imply that curiosity is an impediment to external applied attempts at discipline!pic.twitter.com/T3HYnqBR1o
notice how the punish mentality is the Perfect Virtuous Action only when the punisher perceives self as Perfect? it's underpinned by the belief that if only the "bad" people would stop being "bad" then we'd have Utopia.pic.twitter.com/oMVZFEN8YM
i'm not so sure this is true. i can't recall any instance where i've done anything bad. often other people are jerks though.pic.twitter.com/sXgSGcrceO
susceptibility to negative reinforcement as THE distinguishing trait of domestication.pic.twitter.com/C5H0liT5k7
Turning a towel into a God. a similar trick w/ kids is sth like "the Clock says it's time to X". b/c the Clock can't be reasoned w/ the kids give in.pic.twitter.com/imZ1h4ETL8
hmm... a link between addiction susceptibility and superstitionpic.twitter.com/OVHksMEEvc
asking for a coach/therapist is asking to be externally manipulated like a massage/chiropractor. you want to NOT "know" otherwise you trip over yourselfpic.twitter.com/bMb8jsN23R
the best way to solve hierarchical problems is to not ignore the fact that there is a hierarchy. treat dogs like dogs (includes accepting your own inner dogginess)pic.twitter.com/QKfN4xGyBA
open up freedom and increase serendipity through positive reinforcementpic.twitter.com/HrEug9DbMC
it's possible to increase creativity by reinforcing for noveltypic.twitter.com/7vF4JH7giD
discipline as a means of freedom. constraints create control, control creates freedom, freedom creates love.pic.twitter.com/FpCqr4Grnb
idealism leads to a punitive mindset. instead of working with clay it tries to ignore it as non-existentpic.twitter.com/LEw9B4GUxz
by using clicker's to train previously untrainable animals (chickens, polar bears) we started to anthropomorphize them w/ the same traits usually reserved for dolphins & dogs: playful, intelligent, etc..pic.twitter.com/oYnCRJRrZy
combining clicker training with negatives actually DECREASES effectiveness of the clicker. freedom from fear is the MAIN accelerator.pic.twitter.com/X2Th43rquK
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