[image] Do men think ?

[u/Far-Zookeepergame885]

[u/MisterGreen7]

What does this have to do with motivation? This seems like the complete opposite

[u/WoodpeckerIcy7538 → u/MisterGreen7]

You beat me to it haha. I was so confused for a sec

[u/Elijah_xoxo_]

As a man, yes I do think. I think a lot. I overthink too, and that gets me pretty overwhelmed. Idk Though when I look at some other guys... I don't think they think.

[u/MightBBlueovrU]

Who hurt you?

[u/cyruz1323]

[u/Bluuwolf]

Did you post this to the wrong sub? What is this even supposed to mean?

[u/Hak333m]

What is even this question ? This is like "I'm 14 years old and I'm deep" kind of post. The medium you're using to communicate this idea to us can't be made by man who don't think...

[u/Janzig]

You do understand that the quote is using ‘men’ as a generic term for ‘people’ and not referring to a specific gender, right?

But yes, it’s a thought-provoking quote.

[u/Dry-Macaron-415 → u/Janzig]

Yes, and I don't think it's meant as an insult to the intelligence of the general population. Skinner studied reinforcement learning. A lot of people argue that computers can't think and gain consciousness because they are essentially just pre-programmed logic gates. I think Skinner wanted to say that the same can be said about humans. We're programmed by our environment.

[u/doublecutter]

I think I’ll get a beer.

[u/zefy_zef]

I... like never stop thinking

[u/sla833]

Thinking machine propaganda.

[u/Hellbound_Leviathan]

Nice quote but yeah this isn’t motivating anything

[u/larfaltil]

People think they think, until you ask "why did you do that?" They generally have no idea why.

[u/_Nanomachines-son_]

In fact we do

[u/HaruEden]

I think this quote resonates with the problem between AI and humanity today.

AI ability to think to execute a command is not the problem. But the men - humanity - who input the commands may be the problem.

AI needs no explicit pictures for entertainment, or even arts. Human do.

At least this is my take. This quote may ask us to think of better use for our tools and take accountability for our actions instead of blaming the tools.

[u/less-right]

Feminist icon BF Skinner

[u/Creative_Introvert_]

Idiot. Here men doesn't just mean the men by gender but mankind as a whole. Hu"man", "man", wo"man" all have "man" in the term.

[u/Aceygreat]

Nah. Thinking men are the exception

[u/Healthy-Passage9321]

Do you think?

[u/E_Mart]

Oh yeah? How did you come up with that?

[u/Dmau27]

This is a swing and a miss.

[u/peeniebaby]

What a brave question. I am now filled with motivation

[u/swordfish_1969]

Most of them don’t. They just do what the instinct tells them to do.

[u/Glum-Industry3907]

Not normally