Comments for The Behaviorists Are Back at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-469 Current Economic problems can be solved not by any Human Expert but only by God.Let the Country obey the Commandments of God.No more sins of immorality- Abortions,Same sex marriages , Homosexual/Lesbian relationships. Fear God .Let Catholic Hierarchy switch back to Traditional Mass , Sacraments and catechism. They can save,Will they listen to the call of God. Establish the Kingdom of Jesus.He will save not only the U.S. but the whole world. Please be a LEADER. KNOW THAT OBAMA CANNOT DO IT. - David Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:43:14 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-468 Majoirty of Americans are betting future on OBAMA. Soon they will understand that they were absolutely wrong. The so called Economic theories ,behavioural /pschological theories have failed.The Political systems ,be it Commnunism or democracy can not provide the lasting solutions. The solution is in Human behaviour . ? Its only the Behaviour that pleases The Almighty God. The horrible sins committed by Abortions , Homosexuality , Same sex marriages. Give them up. Turn to God . No FOCA - David Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:25:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-463 Worry? I'd buy popcorn and watch the show. Behaviorism never worked in the classroom and won't work in the economy. We went through all this in the 1960s and 1970s and the schools have largely tossed these ideas. - Tom Byrne Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:11:12 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-404 It is only a matter of time before partial birth abortion, embryo harvesting and genetic engineering become routine. Barack Obama is beholding to this. Just think - we can have the deseigner baby Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:33:07 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-402 So, because "behavioral economics" and "behavioralism" have the same root, the author thinks the one proceeds from the other? Would it have been asking too much for him to have checked on exactly what behavioral economics is before gassing off with this ludicrous "analysis" and warning? Or does he also think that, e.g., a cubic zirconium is a zirconium as painted by Picasso and Braque? In which case, never mind. Carry on gassing. - Mr. Wonderful Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:11:03 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-396 Has no one else thought to connect the dots between Marxism-Leninsim and Skinnerism? Lenin believed that once humans were forced long enough to behave communistically, without families or private property, such behavior would become automatic and the "apparatus of coercion" (the State) would disappear like "a vestigial organ." The meritocracy is the Party. This is what atheism (Marx's or Skinner's) leads to. Viva Crsito Rey! Only the Social Kingship of Christ will save the world! - Thomas C. coleman, Jr. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:19:15 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-395 Eleven paragraphs of philosophical analysis and then abruptly back to the now old canard of Obama as the "problem". It seems to me we could have benefited from some meritocray over the last eight years. - Ron Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:48:07 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-394 Finally, I wonder where you get the idea that 1970s radicals embraced Skinnerian behaviorism. That's a stretch, to say the least. - Perry Dane Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:34:43 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-393 I think that you're incorrectly inflating contemporary economic psychologists with old-fashioned Skinnerian behaviorists. The two groups are radically different in their assumptions about how the human mind works. In the current context, economic psychologists, far from leading us to a "brave new world," can simply provide some useful practical insights into, for example, which form of government spending might most quickly and effectively stimulate private productive economic activit - Perry Dane Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:34:27 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/the-behaviorists-are-back.html#comment-391 I love this site but sometimes I am pretty shocked by how far you guys stretch these ideas. Yes, it's fun to do and serves a philosophical purpose but it becomes borderline silly sometimes. I am afraid that you risk losing the respect of readers who may not be as grounded in the Truth as you guys are. Some people might write you off when they see you writing things like Obama's "BNW." Funny and thought-provoking for some, but for others- perhaps a little more tact? Just a little. - Charlie Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:31:53 +0100