Originally Posted by pondering_it_all
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Here is a list of scientific studies on human behavior.

I started to look at your list but I'm not going to pay Elsevier to get articles. I don't believe they have the right, since most of the articles they charge for are paid for with public funds.

Anyway, what I really meant is that science can tell you HOW humans behave, but it can't tell you WHY. That's not science's job. And Skinner's whole school of psychology embodies this.

HOW may be a few neurons doing this or that. WHY is a neural net of millions of neurons. It's going to take an unknown amount of time and an unknown amount of processing power to answer any WHY questions.

Since you mention it:

SyNAPSE Project


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