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June 2020

Brad Jesness has added an update

Jun 27,2020

Message of &quot;mission critical&quot; being put out to some &quot;think-tanks&quot;

Below is a message I am sending to some &quot;think tanks&quot;. [ Please, in addition, DO NOT FORGET THE EDITOR/CO-AUTHOR offer, 2 Updates BELOW this Update; this is a need I have for some involvement and cooperation from another. ] Now: Mission Critical My main life's work (referred to below) is &quot;done&quot; (and has been for almost a year).  Nothing major will change; it is time for its fair close evaluation (and appreciation) NOW. I do not think you should loose sight of this strict empirical view and approach to behavior [patterns] ; it is well-founded, well-ground, explicit, and ALL concepts have a notable CLEAR CONCRETE relationship to DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE KEY OVERT BEHAVIOR PATTERNS (at least at the INCEPTION of all major new ways of thinking (each qualitatively different, but hierarchical))  This is a BIOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR per se (of &quot;just behavior&quot;).  It gives a wholly biological view and perspective on what is (what MUST BE) an aspect of biological functioning: behavior patterns.   THIS IS THE ONLY THEORY AND APPROACH THAT DOES THIS; and, in the end, by the time you get to and read the addenda, provides a clear a set of testable (verifiable/falsifiable) hypotheses as possible, without further discoveries (LIKELY DISCOVERIES). Here is the main guidance you need: READ: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286920820_A_Human_Ethogram_Its_Scientific_Acceptability_and_Importance_now_NEW_because_new_technology_allows_investigation_of_the_hypotheses_an_early_MUST_READ and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329428629_Essentially_all_Recent_Essays_on_Ethogram_Theory (basically a BOOK) and https://www.researchgate.net/project/Human-Ethology-and-Development-Ethogram-Theory (see the Project Log of this Project to see many important Updates.) ALSO, not among the 200 pages of major papers and 512 pages of essays in my &quot;BOOK&quot;, above (which you already have been directed to), the following link gets you to 100 more pages of worthwhile essays composed after the 512 pages: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331907621_paradigmShiftFinalpdf (you CAN find the pdf at this last link, though it may take a little careful looking). And, similarly, see the other 2 addenda . Ignoring this view (A NEEDED AND UNIQUE VIEW and OF empiricism and of science) would science negligence -- something you do not want to be a part of.  AT THE SAME TIME, it is as much philosophy (of science, psychology) AS ANYTHING (so, thus, if philosophy is your interest my work should [still] be a major interest of yours).