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180. Andy Norman — Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think

The Michael Shermer Show

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The Science of Immunity

Caundry: Conspiracy theories are immune systems that have gone hay wire. Those are mental immune s that are attacking good information and letting in bad information. There's a good bit of research now that suggests that some of the weirdest forms of ation are actually just ways of signalling tribal loyalty.

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