Two Black Boxes: a Fable

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Abstract
Once upon a time, there were two large black boxes, A and B, connected by a long insulated copper wire. On box A there were two buttons, marked *a* and *b*, and on box B there were three lights, red, green, and amber. Scientists studying the behavior of the boxes had observed that whenever you pushed the *a* button on box A, the red light flashed briefly on box B, and whenever you pushed the *b* button on box A, the green light flashed briefly. The amber light never seemed to flash. They performed a few billion trials, under a very wide variety of conditions, and found no exceptions. There seemed to them to be a causal regularity.
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Authors Daniel Dennett;Daniel Dennett;
Journal activitas nervosa superior
Year 2017
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doi:10.1007/BF03379570
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03379570
Keywords
psychology neuropsychology cognitive psychology general psychology research experimental psychology

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