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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When You Feel Threatened, Your Body's Immune System Attacks Good Information
When you feel threatened, your mind goes on the attack and begins to attack new information. A well functioning bodily immune system attacks genuine threats but leaves harmful, harmless things alone. The exact same thing can happen to our mental immune system where they attack good information instead of bad information. So in other words, instead of seeing somebody's counter example or evidence or argument as an attack on you personally and your identity, i see it as an opportunity to grow and ange and develop and become a better person.
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