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"Let's start with the Applied. In order to be applied, behaviors are selected that are meaningful and socially important must be targeted. [...] It requires subjective decisions to be made about behaviors by fallible and biased human beings. What happens when human beings make judgments about which behaviors are important? We get Autistic children touching their noses on demand in exchange for gummi bears. Touch nose. Gummi Bear. I challenge anyone to make a case for scientific guidelines for determining which behaviors are and are not meaningful and significant for society. CANNOT BE DONE. What happens when people try? We get Autistic children being coerced into quiet hands. Into making eye contact. If you don't agree with me that these are not behaviors that should be subjected to modification? Well, that just illustrates my point about subjectivity."