And then there is British Petroleum's Law: Things that could not possibly go wrong do go wrong.
Cheers, Karl W. ________________________________ From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 4:41 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Murphy's law and Skinner 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]<mailto:[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 (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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e&n=T&l=tips&o=3050 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3050-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-3050-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@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=3051 or send a blank email to leave-3051-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
