What's the big deal with conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking? Check out the graphics, which are part of our #MindBugs series. Interested in learning more or teaching about conspiracy theories? Check out our lesson plan on conspiracy theories: mentalimmunityproject.org/conspiracy-t...

"Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar" today (March 12) at 7 pm EDT, this is a FREE webinar by the Digital Inquiry Group. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What is pseudoscience and why is it a mind bug? Check out the graphics, part of our #MindBugs series. Interested in learning more about how to recognize pseudoscience? Check out our lesson plan about health pseudoscience: mentalimmunityproject.org/health-pseud...

Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy, an upcoming free webinar by the Digital Inquiry Group zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out our latest FREE lesson plan about tribalism! mentalimmunityproject.org/tribalism-le...

Advice for boosting mental immunity from one of the fathers of psychology, William James

My latest column just appeared in Science, entitled "Free speech, fact-checking, and the right to accurate information”. (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) I use one of President Trump’s first executive orders to unpack the terrain between misinformation and claims to free speech 1/n

More from our mind bugs collection: #MoralPanics What other mind bugs do you think we should cover? To see all the ones we've covered so far, visit our Instagram www.instagram.com/mentalimmuni...

We live in the information age, but it's often difficult figuring out what to trust. That's why the Mental Immunity Project and other organizations like @newslit.org exist. One of the most important ways to get better at navigating the sea of information is by learning #NewsLiteracy skills.

📢 National #NewsLiteracyWeek in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com begins TODAY! ✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information. 🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org

Next week is National News Literacy Week! The News Literacy Project (@newslit.org) will be hosting free webinars throughout the week. Visit their website to learn more. Let's spread the word about the importance of news literacy! newslit.org/news-literac...

We highly recommend this fantastic FREE online course by our friend @anthonymagnabosco.bsky.social. It is top notch. www.navigatingbeliefs.com #learn #navigatingbeliefs #beliefs #onlinecourse #freecourse #mooc #free #criticalthinking

Our latest Substack post, a short essay by @drandyno.bsky.social went up today, read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...

How can you recognize rigid ideologies and why are they mind bugs? Check out the graphics, part of our #MindBugs series. Interested in learning more about mental immunity? Check out our website mentalimmunityproject.org

News Literacy Week is only 2 weeks away! youtu.be/rot7HZ8842E?... Follow @newslit.org to learn more

This is a clip from our video on how to recognize pseudoscience by @thinkingpowers.bsky.social Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4fvmNmtZP20?...

Quote from our collaborator Sander van der Liden, PhD @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

How disinformation spreads on social media.

The internet isn't going to let up, are you? Visit mentalimmunityproject.org to enhance your resilience to misinformation! #simpsonsmeme #meme #criticalthinking #learning #misinformation

Do Minds Have Immune Systems: Our academic paper answering the question Here's our press release about our theoretical psychology paper on cognitive immunology: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...

As we approach the end of 2024, please consider donating to the Mental Immunity Project. You can do so here: donorbox.org/mental-immun...

For a concise overview of our recently published paper by @drandyno.bsky.social @lukehj.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social go here: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Our latest Substack post, an essay from our director Andy Norman, was posted today. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...

To some people, the concept of mental immunity makes them uncomfortable. The analogies we use make people think about vaccine mandates and top-down control of information. The fact of the matter is this: improving your mental immunity is your own choice, we're just working to help you do so.

Want to become part of a movement focused on cultivating better thinking and immunity to false facts and bad ideas? Check out our Mental Immunity Pledge! The pledge is designed based on our 10 Principles of Mental Immunity and is meant to foster shared commitment to these ideals of clear thinking.

Today's invitation to reflect... Feel free to comment what comes to mind!

Lee McIntyre explains how "so much of belief is social" on Harvesting Happiness Podcast.

Quote from Athena Aktipis, a member of the Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative's (CIRCE) board of directors.

Are you curious to learn more about how to develop your mental immunity and navigate misinformation? Check out the learn page of our website at mentalimmunityproject.org/learn/

Too often, we see differences in perspectives as reasons to get in conflict with others. We get angry and make ad hominen attacks, criticisms that are directed against the person rather than the position they're taking. Instead, approach the disagreement with kindness and curiosity.

For #GivingTuesday, please consider donating to the Mental Immunity Project! Your donation will help keep our staff employed, fund curriculum development for students, and ultimately help us in the fight against misinformation. Click this link to donate: donorbox.org/mental-immun...

We at The Mental Immunity Project are big supporters of lateral reading. Lateral reading is a critical thinking skill that involves evaluating the credibility of a source by comparing it with other sources. This allows you to verify evidence, contextualize information, and find potential weaknesses.

Overconfidence can prevent you from learning; instead, learn to listen to your doubts. Quote from @CIRCEteam affiliate Maarten Boudry

Melanie Trecek-King provides a valuable lesson in being skeptical of what your mind does on autopilot. Find the full podcast episode from @hh_talkradio via the link in our bio.

Try practicing some epistemology today and see what you find out about what you know (or what you think you know ;)

Find the full podcast episode from Harvesting Happiness podcast featuring Mental Immunity Project Founder Andy Norman via the link in our bio.

For people to be better informed, not only do they need the correct information, they need to learn how to spot misinformation. They need to learn critical thinking skills and media literacy; they need to develop mental immunity. Check out our website for more info via the link in our bio.

In our latest Substack post, we interview our Education Director Melanie Trecek-King about her work to spread critical thinking via the Mental Immunity Project and her independent project, Thinking Is Power. Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...

The Mental Immunity Project is excited to join BlueSky! Not familiar with our work or what Mental Immunity is? Read this thread...