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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