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Behaviorism
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Echophenomena, such as autistic echoing of phrases, are largely considered involuntary, even if such echoing is done voluntarily. (Such are the paradoxes of compliance.) Conversely, imitation, such as complying with a behavioral analyst's demand to mirror her jumping body, is regarded as voluntary, even if it is coerced or scripted.
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― Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness
― Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness
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Humanitarian Behaviorism
(The Sonnet)
Give me a drop of love,
I'll shower you with monsoon.
Hit me with loads of hate,
I'll silently disappear soon.
I don't approve of hate in return,
I just walk away from wrong done to me.
Wrong done to another is another matter,
I am the bulldozer, if you are the bully.
I am a biologist and behaviorist after all,
I don't need to do harm to restrain harm.
Weaknesses of the apes are my common knowledge,
Where there is brain, there's no need for brawn.
Brain
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― Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
― Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect
