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Result 1: Dog never goes away and never stops barking, Pavlov returns his Nobel from the fucking grave.

Result 2: You stop feeding dog, dog fucks off.

Thank you.

How very intellectual of you. I agree.

Of course, if a dog barks, and you feed him, then does it some more, and you feed him again, then suddenly you stop feeding him, he will continue to bark.

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Of course, if a dog barks, and you feed him, then does it some more, and you feed him again, then suddenly you stop feeding him, he will continue to bark.

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Takes a while. It's called "extinction." (Of the behavior, not the species.) Funny thing: If you rewarded the behavior on a random, intermittent schedule, then it would be harder to extinguish than if you rewarded it all the time. This is why gambling is so powerfully addictive.

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Funny thing: If you rewarded the behavior on a random, intermittent schedule, then it would be harder to extinguish than if you rewarded it all the time. This is why gambling is so powerfully addictive.

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Funny thing: If you rewarded the behavior on a random, intermittent schedule, then it would be harder to extinguish than if you rewarded it all the time. This is why gambling is so powerfully addictive.

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Any idea as to why being a forum troll is so addictive?

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I think it has to do with a mommy fixation.

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I think it has to do with a mommy fixation.

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It's funny to think that the longer this forum gets, the more pavlovian we all demonstrate ourselves to be.

If by "pavlovian" you mean "inane", then I agree with you.

We forgot to factor in the "leg humping" irregularity.