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> Punishment doesn't make sense when everything is cause & effect. Sure it does. Credible threat of punishment can change behavior. This is demonstrated all
by dllthomas 7y ago
> Punishment doesn't make sense when everything is cause & effect.
Sure it does. Credible threat of punishment can change behavior. This is demonstrated all the time in the small. There's a lot of reason to be skeptical that that translates well to prison, but that's independent of whether "everything is cause & effect".
- ggm 7y agoI thought the studies tended to say negative reinforcement was the least effective method. Not that "it doesn't work" but that it both costs more and works worse, than any other choice.