Methodological Behaviourism Allows Consciousness To Atrophy.

If we are going to talk about something – then we need to define that something. I’m using AI copy and paste definitions. Chase me down a rabbit hole to understanding.

Objectivity. Objectivity is a noun that means a lack of bias, judgment, or prejudice.

To look at something objectively means to approach it with an open mind, considering facts and evidence rather than personal feelings, biases, or opinions.

Subjectivity is the quality of being based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

To look at something subjectively means interpreting or understanding it based on your personal feelings, opinions, and experiences, rather than objective facts or universally agreed-upon truths.

Consciousness and subjectivity are intertwined, fundamentally subjective –with consciousness often described as a subjective experience, encompassing the “what it’s like” of having a particular mental state, while subjectivity refers to the individual’s unique perspective and experience.

If consciousness is subjective – and all you see is objective – then your consciousness is going to atrophy cause you’re not feeding it.

Think about it carefully when you see a dog stuck to the trainers leg looking up at him/her – that dog is not concerned about anything in the environment – their consciousness has atrophied – forcefully using alot more punishment than you see on their youtube channel. All the dog is seeing at that point is his tiny world of objectivity.

The dogs past traumas don’t matter to the average dog trainer – that’s all the subjective part of the dog. But that subjective is important. If all you see is objective – you’re only seeing the outcome and dealing with the outcome of the subjective – no?

Behaviours are symptoms – the outcome of a problem. Well – aggression and reactivity are behaviours. Which means aggression and reactivity are symptoms – the outcome of a problem. They are not conditions at all – let alone fixable with reward and punishment.

Why are you trying to stop symptoms? Why are you trying to shut down symptoms? You’re shoving food into the face of dog due to symptoms. You are pronging, shocking, muzzling and crating your dog because they are showing signs of something else going on?!? And after everything – do you even understand why your dog is doing all this in the first place? Of course not – subjectivity is what gets you a diagnosis to focus on – a cause for it all.

When all you see in behaviours is objective – then you even have a need to define the word. And that’s why trainers can’t define the word – they don’t need to. Cause they don’t care what a behaviour is – or care about what is causing it.

Help me make that make sense please?

And it stands to reason that if all a dog trainers sees is the objective – wouldn’t it be feasible to say that their own consciousness has atrophied?

And we wonder why we have so many problems in the dog world?