[Original pdf just below, then the first article I found about it as it always seems weird to give only a pdf link…]
On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B
On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B – By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog
Whether dealing with monkeys, rats, or human beings, it is hardly controversial to state that most organisms seek information concerning what activities are rewarded, and then seek to do (or at least pretend to do) those things, often to the virtual exclusion of activities not rewarded. . . . Nevertheless, numerous examples exist of reward…
Michael Austin
Systems Community of Inquiry 