Why aren't there any big research projects concerning behavior

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Just imagine:
>criminals trained through positive and negative reinforcements not to commit crime
>people are trained to mostly pursue STEM fields rather than useless arts and humanities
>humans are trained into pursuing and valuing higher goals than constant and pointless consumerism and sex
>quality of life goes up and mortality goes down
>scientific progress is at its peak
>we colonize the solar system
>build nuclear propulsion rockets and spacecraft to go even beyond
>corrupt regimes and dictatorships are eliminated because the counterpropaganda created via this research would be so powerful as to completely undermine them

>>7963827
The big project is called a global economy. Mass social control and modification is expressed as economics. Just look at most of the threads on this Mongolian shitposting board.

>>7963827
Because you've been brainwashed not to think on the subject.

>>7963827
Obviously there has been...
http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/human-neuroscience/search?query=lifestyle#all

Behaviour that is changed in the context of an artificial situation isn't likely to stay put, re: post-diet, post-detox, post-rehab

You can't change behaviour; you can only replace it.

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Nobody ever talks about Jonestown anymore. That was some textbook brainwashing and behavior modification. I've always found it to be both fascinating and tragic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkookcrAnSE

>>7963827
Because of the innate disgust people feel when they hear the term.