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In the News: Mental Immunity
The concept of mental immunity provides a useful way of communicating how misinformation catches on and spreads.
- [NEW] The Critical Importance of Cognitive Immunology – SIGNAL Magazine | by Luke Johnson and Andy Norman
- Disinformation Is the Real Threat to Democracy and Public Health – Scientific American | by Stephan Lewandowsky, Sander van der Linden, and Andy Norman
- Why people still fall for fake news about climate change – Grist magazine | MIP mentioned & Andy interviewed
- How to Develop Immunity to Nonsense: Lessons From a New Science – Fair Observer | by Andy Norman
- How to Strengthen Your Mind’s Immunity to Bad Ideas – Fair Observer | by Andy Norman
- The Israel-Hamas war is awash in deadly misinformation. What can we do about it? – Boston Globe | MIP, Melanie Trecek-King, and Lee McIntyre all mentioned
- Coalition Launches “Freedom Friendly” Approach to Fighting Disinformation – Yahoo! Finance | shares about MIP
- False information is everywhere. ‘Pre-bunking’ tries to head it off early – NPR | covers pre-bunking, an important mental immunity tool
- Opinion: How the White House ‘prebunked’ Putin’s lies – DesertNews | by Lee McIntrye and Andy Norman
- The Country Inoculating Against Disinformation – BBC | How Estonia protects its citizens from weaponized information
- Can “Inoculation” Build Broad-Based Resistance to Misinformation? – Google Jigsaw
In the News: MIP Team and Affiliates
Learn more about the work of MIP’s affiliates and research partners. (newest additions at the top)
- How to fight the war on facts – Dallas NPR Radio | Coverage of Lee McIntyre’s On Disinformation
- On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy with Lee McIntyre and Tiffany Hsu 92nd Street Y, New York
- ChatGPT and other generative AI could foster science denial and misunderstanding – here’s how you can be on alert – The Conversation | by Gale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer
- There’s a Psychological ‘Vaccine’ against Misinformation – Scientific American | A review of Sander van der Linden’s book Foolproof (MIP affiliate)
- Hitting the Books: Why that one uncle of yours continually refuses to believe in climate change – Engadget | A revealing excerpt from Lee McIntyre’s How to Talk to a Science Denier
- The Scourge of “Mind Parasites” – Salon | An interview with Andy Norman about his book Mental Immunity
- Google Finds ‘Inoculating’ People Against Helps Blunt Its Power – New York Times | A report of a breakthrough study on inoculation. Highlights research coauthored by Stephan Lewandowsky
- [POPULAR] Andy Norman on the Joe Rogan Experience | Andy Norman discusses his book Mental Immunity
- How to convince a science denier to reconsider their beliefs – CBC | An interview with Lee McIntyre
- 502 Conversations with Melanie Trecek-King: Melanie Trecek-King discusses critical thinking and science education with host Brian Kerby
- [RECOMMENDED] A Life Preserver for Staying Afloat in a Sea of Misinformation with Melanie Trecek-King – Skeptical Inquirer Presents | Melanie Trecek-King explains FLOATER, her critical thinking toolkit
- Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and a Better Way to Think With Andy Norman – Skeptical Inquirer Presents | Andy Norman discusses his book Mental Immunity
- How to Talk to a Science Denier | Lee McIntyre – Center for Inquiry | Lee McIntyre discusses his book How to Talk to a Science Denier
- Andy Norman | The Search for a Better Way to Think – The Jordan Harbinger Show | A discussion of how mental immune systems work, how they go awry, and what we can do to make them more resilient
- How to Development Mental Immunity – The David Pakman Show | Andy Norman explains how to develop strong mental immunity
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