podcast episode about mental immunity with Andy Norman PhD

Think and Behave Better: Summarizing the Science of Mental Immunity with Andy Norman, PhD

Original Air Date Wednesday, February 28 , 2024.

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In the last 20 years, humans have developed a set of mental challenges for themselves unlike any other in human history. The internet age has created a vast array of complications that our minds have not yet adapted to or evolved to process. Bad actors and those who wish to hijack the human mind and spirit have designed methodologies that manipulate traditional cognitive functions to push their agendas.

To learn more about how can we protect ourselves and strengthen our mental immunity, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with Andy Norman PhD, the award-winning author of Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think and founder of the Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative (CIRCE) about the science of mental immunity.

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podcast episode about thinking and behaving better with Andy Norman PhD

Andy Norman is the award-winning author of Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think. His work has appeared in Scientific American, Psychology Today, Psychiatric Times, Skeptic, Free Inquiry, and The Humanist. He has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, NPR, and The BBC’s Naked Scientist.

His research illuminates the evolutionary origins of human reasoning, the norms that make dialogue fruitful, and the workings of the mind’s immune system. He champions the emerging science of mental immunity as the antidote to disinformation, propaganda, hate, and division. He is the founder of the Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative (CIRCE), a global think-tank leading the effort to inoculate humanity against cognitive contagion.

Book: Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think

Andy Norman — The Science of Mental Immunity:

  • The human mental immune system functions in a similar fashion to the physical immune system. {3:12}
  • The role of doubt in the mind’s immune system. {6:07}
  • Conspiracy theories and bad actors weaponize disinformation to hijack minds. {9:51}
  • Humans, for the most part, want the same things for themselves. {19:23}
  • Having a good conversation is an art form. {26:25}

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“Our minds have been trying to adapt to environments full of infectious information for thousands of years. Right now infectious information has the upper hand because of the internet.” @DrAndyNo on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “We can get trapped in an utterly false and misleading dysfunctional worldview if we don't seek out many sources of information.” @DrAndyNo on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “One thing we need to come to grips with is how susceptible all of us are in these weird information environments.” @DrAndyNo on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “The number one thing we all need to learn in order to make our world sane again is we need to resolve, individually, not to be trigger-able.” @DrAndyNo on @HHTalkRadio Share on X

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