BF Skinner
Psychologist
Legendary psychologist in the experimental analysis of behavior who was a firm believer of the idea that human free will was actually an illusion. His psychological manifesto, Walden Two, was published in 1948.
He tried to be a fiction author for a year after graduating from Harvard University.
He invented the operant conditioning chamber, a laboratory apparatus used in the experimental analysis of behavior to study animal behavior.
He had two daughters with wife Yvonne Blue.
One of the biggest critics of his work was Noam Chomsky.