I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.
I would be opposed to any kind of totalitarian control.
The environment shapes people's actions.
Reinforcement is being right.
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid statements.