[George M. Middius[_4_]]

Shhhh! said:

*It's like [Witless is] starting over from
zero and hadn't seen any contrary evidence.
I'd ask if I can quote you, but in fact you're quoting me.

[snip]

Piaget beat you to it.

That's all very well, but if you're gonna go all scientific, I think you
absolutely must refer to Pavlov's work.

Was Pavlov a pioneer in the field of whining or something?

I believe his field was slobber control.