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It's bizarre that someone can live to adulthood as a human and actually think this is true.

A friend of mine loves dancing and practices it weekly. What aversive experience is she avoiding?

The rest of the week.
The rest of the week is happening either way. It's not changing because of the dancing.

Let me put it another way: Nir's argument seems to be that motivation is derived entirely from avoiding negative consequences or outcomes.

That doesn't account for things like personal hobbies, where a person is more motivated to pass the time in a particular way.

There are people who do what others would call "work" just for fun, when they could otherwise just be relaxing with a glass of wine. There's no aversive experience from choosing the wine instead -- they just prefer to do the hobby.

People might work faster if you whip them?

I can be, but it isn't generally true. I am very comfy and still motivated.

If I am not comfortable, I might try to change that. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation I guess.