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The Mental Immunity Project is an educational campaign by the Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative and Thinking Is Power. https://linktr.ee/mentalimmunityproject

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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...

24.03.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the Digital Inquiry Group for a free webinar on Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy lessons.

"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...

12.03.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

23.02.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the Digital Inquiry Group for a free webinar on Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy lessons.

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

18.02.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tribalism Lesson Plan - Mental Immunity Project The Tribalism Lesson Plan is designed for educators who are seeking to inoculate their students against in-group & out-group biases.

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

17.02.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Advice for boosting mental immunity from one of the fathers of psychology, William James

12.02.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free speech, fact checking, and the right to accurate information True to his campaign promises, on 20 January 2025, US President Donald Trump signed a broad range of Executive Orders, the scope of which ranged from renaming the Gulf of Mexico to β€œGulf of America” t...

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

06.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10
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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...

06.02.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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National News Literacy Week Discover free educator events, tools and resources to help students develop critical media and news literacy skills. Take part in National News Literacy Week, Feb. 3-7, 2025.

It's #NewsLiteracyWeek! Learn more here: newslit.org/news-literac...

04.02.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

04.02.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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- Teens are navigating the most complex information landscape in history.
- News literacy can help them learn to identify credible information

NATIONAL NEWS LITERACY WEEK
Presented by News Literacy Project, the E.W. Scripps Company and USA Today
Feb. 3-7, 2025
For a future founded on facts, visit NewsLiteracyWeek.org

A cutout shows a teen looking at their phone. Text bubble alongside read: - Teens are navigating the most complex information landscape in history. - News literacy can help them learn to identify credible information NATIONAL NEWS LITERACY WEEK Presented by News Literacy Project, the E.W. Scripps Company and USA Today Feb. 3-7, 2025 For a future founded on facts, visit NewsLiteracyWeek.org

πŸ“’ 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.

πŸ”— Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org

03.02.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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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...

31.01.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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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

28.01.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Our latest Substack post, a short essay by @drandyno.bsky.social went up today, read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...

27.01.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

22.01.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
National News Literacy Week 2025
YouTube video by News Literacy Project National News Literacy Week 2025

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

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

19.01.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quote from our collaborator Sander van der Liden, PhD @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

17.01.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How disinformation spreads on social media.

15.01.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The internet isn't going to let up, are you?
Visit mentalimmunityproject.org to enhance your resilience to misinformation!

#simpsonsmeme #meme #criticalthinking #learning #misinformation

13.01.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

08.01.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Celebrating Progress in 2024 & Preparing for More in 2025
Our year in review and plans for 2025

As the year draws to a close, the Mental Immunity Project (MIP) is taking a moment to reflect on what we...

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Celebrating Progress in 2024 & Preparing for More in 2025 Our year in review and plans for 2025 As the year draws to a close, the Mental Immunity Project (MIP) is taking a moment to reflect on what we... MENTALIMMUNITYPROJECT.SUBSTACK.COM

open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...

30.12.2024 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As we approach the end of 2024, please consider donating to the Mental Immunity Project. You can do so here: donorbox.org/mental-immun...

23.12.2024 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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...

20.12.2024 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our latest Substack post, an essay from our director Andy Norman, was posted today. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...

18.12.2024 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Mental Immunity Project Learn from the Mental Immunity Project to develop mental immunity to misinformation, manipulation, extremism, conspiracy theories, and propaganda.

Whether you're a teacher or a learner, visit our website to see the free resources we have on offer mentalimmunityproject.org

17.12.2024 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

17.12.2024 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

10.12.2024 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's invitation to reflect...
Feel free to comment what comes to mind!

09.12.2024 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lee McIntyre explains how "so much of belief is social" on Harvesting Happiness Podcast.

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