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Read Skinner. Conditioning can do wonders. You can train people like you train dogs, though there is a catch: people must not notice that they are being trained
by ordu 5y ago
Read Skinner. Conditioning can do wonders. You can train people like you train dogs, though there is a catch: people must not notice that they are being trained.
From ethics standpoint it is an arguable approach, so you need to think before choosing this path. I believe that something can be done about people not noticing the training, if you manage to frame this training in a manner that doesn't reject their illusion of a free will. But I'm not sure, because never tried. Though when you openly thank people for their help, it is a kind of reinforcement, and therefore conditioning. But it works worse then when reinforcement sneaks in without consciousness noticing it.
- NhanH 5y agoThat's literally a plot line for an episode in Big Bang Theory, turn out Sheldon has good social skill after all. Life is arts huh.
- Bancakes 5y agoI find this very manipulative. You change the world to fit a person, who ends up consuming his circumstances. The whole point of growing as a personality is wanting to grow and learn. People should know what their issues and blockades are, and put effort into it, so that they may teach others their findings and methods.
- ordu 5y agoYes, it is very manipulative. It is the ethics issue I mentioned above. It can change your attitude to your partner in bad ways. It will lead to a disaster if your partner find out about the manipulation. > The whole point of growing as a personality is wanting to grow and learn. No it is not the whole point. I don't want to make all the chores myself also. I don't want to fight over chores, to make my partner to do some of them. Though I agree, it would be nice to find such a way, that doesn't have the ethics issues, and moreover not just train a partner to do chores, but makes him a better personality.