Murphy's Law is "anything that CAN go wrong, will go wrong." It is a statistical truism: no matter how small the likelihood of a given event, given enough time, the event will occur.
Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== michael sylvester wrote: > > > > > " Whatever will go wrong will go wrong" so states Murphy's law.I guess > Skinner would probably imply that whatever goes wrong snould be > studied.It is my understanding that Skinner developed some informal > principles of learning.It is also my understanding that he formalized > the ratio schedules of reinforcement because some rat chow got jammed > in the dispenser pellet magazine. > > Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=3048 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=3048> > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3048-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto:leave-3048-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3050 or send a blank email to leave-3050-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
