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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
Is There a Science of Mental Immunity?
To what extent humans are by nature kind of gullable and suckers for occults and crazy beliefs in conspiracy theories? Or are we naturally kind of sceptical, and it's really hard to convince people to join a cult or believe in some kind of crazy conspiracy theory? A the essay that got me was essay written by richard dawkins called viruses of the mind. He likens a four year old child to an immune compromised adult. I think minds really do have immune systems. They really can fail to function properly - either because we're born gullible, or because they get compromised by saf fearmongering e. We need a science of mental immunity so we understand how mental
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