10/22/2026
⚠️ Comments on this post have been temporarily restricted to allow time for reflection and review.
That includes examining my own posts and responses, the interactions that followed, and what I might learn or do differently. I’ll share an update once I’ve had time to consider everything carefully. 🫶🏽🔬🙏🏽💻🌻🌈🖤
We spend so much time talking about animal behaviour. 🐾🧠
What happens before it? What happens afterwards? What’s the function? What does the individual’s learning history tell us? 🔍
And then someone disagrees with us online. 👀🍿
Suddenly, all that curiosity can disappear. 💨
We start talking about who’s right, who’s wrong, who’s being difficult, who’s being divisive. 🎭
But disagreement is behaviour too. 💥
Our comments, replies, decisions to engage, decisions to disengage, and even the way we describe other people are all behaviour worth understanding. 🧠🔬
And that includes my own. 💅✨
What happened before the interaction? What did each person actually do? What consequences followed? And what might change the probability of different behaviour in future? 🤔🐾
We don’t have to agree with someone to be curious about their behaviour. 🌈
And we don’t have to abandon scientific rigour to be compassionate. ❤️
Now THAT is radical behaviourism in practice. 💅🧠🌈✨🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🖤
