behavioral science, n.Definitions

Behavioral science (n.) owes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠some of its popularity to how easily it can be refashioned into a coercive ideology with a faintly scientific tone.

Behavioral science (n.) stripped ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠of its terminology can reveal the old mind of the colonial civil servant, sure he knows the true interests of the backward peoples in his care.

Behavioral science (n.) defines ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself by its data, which is like defining physics as the theory of meter-readings; the name itself is a symptom of the disease.