Re: virus: Guns for Peace

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:16:40 -0800

Eric wrote:

>What you are missing (again) is that punishment and pain, per say, are
>not helpful -- they do not help people learn, instead they induce
>coercion damage, destroy creativity and make people less rational.

Is this just a startling over-generalization or do you scientific studies to back up this wonderfully idealistic claim?

-Prof. Tim