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June 2020

Brad Jesness has added an update

Jun 30,2020

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

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;. [ ALSO NOTE the P.S., so you DO NOT FORGET THE EDITOR/CO-AUTHOR offer. ] 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, since philosophy is your central interest my work should [still] be a major interest of yours). P.S. Editor/Co-author of my Collected Writings (on behavioral science) Needed Here is the formal write-up of the offer for an Editor/co-Author, plus with guiding links to the papers/book/essays : (share with anyone appropriate and interested) : Editor/Co-author of my Collected Essays (on behavioral science) Needed I have approximately 900 pages of writings on new, more-empirical (actually: strictly empirical) perspectives on Psychology (esp. Developmental Psychology and General Psychology ) -- but relevant and important for Psychology in general . It is all about BEHAVIOR PATTERNS and a real science (natural science) of that patterning, and a patterning of those patterns, etc., AND, behaviorally speaking, THAT IS ALL -- i.e. outlining the possible discoveries necessary for a true and most-empirical behavioral science of BEHAVIOR PATTERNS (&quot;just behaviors&quot;) PER SE; it is much related to classical ethology perspectives and research.  There is also an expressed greater hope for some new technologies being the &quot;microscope&quot; of Psychology (in particular: eye tracking and computer-assisted analysis) for good/closer/better observations; there are both phenomenologies outlined, describing the quite-possible situations THAT COULD COME TO BE OBSERVED and the associated behavior patterns, etc. [(always beginning (minimally, at their inception)  in the overt, directly observable)] therein more truly seen and fully discovered; AND, some detailed phenomenology is described that arrives at testable hypotheses and then involves the actual ability to to test these testable/falsifiable hypotheses. I am looking for a skilled reader and editor to read/edit my written works AND THEN put them together in a most sensible manner.  This person must know the field of Psychology as a whole and must understand possibilities of ontogeny. Also she/he should have a healthy respect and high regard for KEY foundational OBSERVATIONS (always such AS CENTRAL). Anyone &quot;fitting this bill&quot; AND WILLING, and otherwise ABLE, I would gladly have.  Doing such substantial editing/proof-reading/rearranging/publishing is enough for me to see that person as a FULL co-author and therefore I would put she/he as second author on all the book's covers.  After publication, he/she (as we shall decide well ahead of time) shall have a portion of any money reaped. …