[FRIAM] intgegration

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Secret Life of Matthew Allison
https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber

Frank and I had several arguments a long while back about the ontological status of the "integrated self" (e.g. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-10217-002). Meanwhile, many of us have gone 'round and 'round about the extent to which we can take behaviorism seriously. While Allison may be an extreme case, I maintain that each of us compartmentalizes, not merely as a coping or defense mechanism, but as a fundamental part of what it means to be an animal. I've also accused Dave of the composition fallacy in arguing for high order psychological phenomena as an effect of low order brain lateralization. But I also find "we are multitudes" a convenient if not entirely true rhetorical frame for talking about our (most of us) lack of psychological integration.

Given all that, I am almost never surprised when one of someone's secret selves peeks through whatever veneer they've presented to me. The default assumption should be epistemic humility. Each time you catch yourself thinking you understand someone, pull out your discipline whip and use it.

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