Psychology and Behavior Science

Behavior analysts need popularity; being complacent about isolation doesn't become us.
We know of reification among psychologists. But behaviorists can also stop reifying behavior.
There's nothing to lose; merely old fallacies such as:
fictions and omissions. concerning brain-functions;
false inferences regarding cause-and-effect from findings in surveys on correlations.

And what shall we gain from conceptual revision?
We can regain self-esteem, hope for mankind and belief in humanity.
It may sound outrageous now ... later this could seem quite ordinary;
Brains don't think. They may function like photo-electro-magnetic batteries - but in every case:
the brain is an organ; never the individual, always a part in the skull.

Besides the brain, one's head contains organs for sensing ... and for making sense of the world:
a nose to smell trouble or perfume; the tongue for tasting and talking aloud; eyes to see objects
near and far away; ears to hear calling voices, as well as for keeping one's balance. 
Individuals do think, can see, hear, look, listen, imply and infer, remind, recollect.
People may judge, search and research. give information, comment, ask questions.

Moreover, their body is covered with skin - not transparent - they can't see within.
Yet with a finger they feel a pulse racing on someone's wrist and muscles contract on the arm.

I needn't be proud, nor apologize, for knowing what millions forget in the heat of the moment.
I did some pretty amazing paperwork, learned from I. P. Pavlov, B.F. Skinner, Murray Sidman.
Can't help but believe researchers could do simulations for training generations of scientists, to
care more about applications for survival and the quality of life on our planet.
It's like one of those things you see and ask: "Why isn't everyone doing this?"

Readers may recall my Blog post where I ask, "Who am I to question the FABBS Mission Statement:
'FABBS promotes human potential and well-being by advancing the sciences of mind, brain and behavior. As a coalition of scientific societies we communicate with policy makers and the public about the importance and contributions of basic and applied research in these sciences.' "
( Footnote 19, WHY I AM A RADICAL BEHAVIORIST, page 4)
I think scientists could agree, organisms and normal behavior, healthy gene and brain functions,
depend on external conditions everywhere, one hundred per cent of the time. The behavior scientists
and the ecological activists would be working together, learning from their respective expertise.