An unexpected WW2 experiment by behaviourist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.

An unexpected WWII experiment by behaviorist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.

Julie Skinner Vargas accepted the peace prize on behalf of her late father B.F. Skinner, who wrote the pigeon-missile study.

Skinner (1904-1990), a well-known American psychologist, for what he himself called a “crackpot” project in 1960 to explore whether pigeons could be trained to guide missiles. Skinner trained ...