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Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom.
B. F. Skinner
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B. F. Skinner
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 20
Died: 1990
Died: August 18
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Susquehanna Depot
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner
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