Thanks to the Thinkers
Dear Mental Immunity Project community,
With Thanksgiving coming we want to extend our gratitude to you!
By engaging with our work, you’ve become part of a communal effort to detoxify our information environment. So what can you do? Read on…
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Take the MI Pledge
Commit to furthering the cause of mental immune heath for all. Make a difference by adding your name to our growing list of mental immunity cultivators, then share it!
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MIP News: r/cognitiveimmunology
Want to discuss the research related to cognitive immunology (the science of Mental Immunity)? Join the subreddit we recently created for this purpose: r/cognitiveimmunology
We’ve shared a bunch of research there: check it out and start a discussion!
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Once again, we’d like to share these fact-checking resources
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What We’re Reading
Inoculating Students against Misinformation by Having Them Create It
This is a recent article by our director of education, Melanie Trecek-King, about the science and practice of using inoculation psychology to teach critical thinking skills to students.
Influencers Are Claiming a $4,000 Hunk of Plastic Can Treat Infertility, Skinned Knees, and Autism
Look out for this pseudoscientific wellness scam.
A bit more to think about…
‘A revenge term’: what would another four years of Trump look like?
A Trump “revenge term” could be a disaster for cultural mental immune health, deteriorating democratic institutions, civil politics, and further polarizing the US. Take a moment to read this article. Even if you favor Trump's policy proposals, consider the potential negative long-term risks of a second Trump term. What is more important to you? Would it ever be worth voting for him again?
Opinions expressed in articles included in this newsletter are those of the authors. A mention here does not constitute endorsement by MIP, CIRCE, or TIP.