Watson’s and Skinner’s operant conditioning was based on the telegraph machine, Marconi and getting shocked, causing me to get shocked by the light socket, the electric fence and then the telephone, in my youth. This was translated into a neurological treatment however it prevents the patient from seeking further care. Bell was under the influence of James Watt, a Scotsman and the steam engine was possibly influenced by the harpsichord and then a loom and weaving history.
