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by Terr_
519 days ago
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To re-frame it as a list of combinations: * Positive reinforcement: [Adding] something so that entity does the action [more] * Negative reinforcement: [Removing] something so that entity does the action [more] * Positive punishment: [Adding] something so that entity does the action [less] * Negative punishment: [Removing] something so that entity does the action [less] P.S.: Note that this intentionally avoids diving into exactly how the Entity judges the Something. It's not always clear, even if in many cases you can guess. |
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> People came, and tormented a nameless thing without boundaries, and went away again. He met them variously. His emerging aspects became personas, and eventually, he named them, as well as he could identify them. There was Gorge, and Grunt, and Howl, and another, quiet one that lurked on the fringes, waiting.
> [...] Howl handled the rest. He began to suspect Howl had been obscurely responsible for delivering them all to [the torturer] in the first place. Finally, he'd come to a place where he could be punished enough. Never give aversion therapy to a masochist. The results are unpredictable.
-- Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold