Andy Norman
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 NPR, The Joe Rogan Experience, and the BBC’s Naked Scientist. His research illuminates 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 institute dedicated to combatting disinformation. As a principal of Infodemic Solutions, he helps client organizations develop immunity to problematic ideas.
Authored by
Andy Norman
June 7, 2022
The Vienna Circle and Pragmatist Clubs: Variations to Select from for Evolutionary Philosophy
What’s needed is a modern framework for completing the Darwinian revolution for philosophy and all other human-related disciplines.
December 6, 2022
The Science of Mental Immunity Has Arrived
The emerging field of “cognitive immunology” may hold solutions to our world’s growing disinformation problems.
May 17, 2018
Why It’s Unwise to Deny Moral Universals
You don’t need much in the way of normative assumptions to convert facts into values. Consider the assertion: "All else being equal, more wellbeing is better than less." Who could object? It’s all but definitionally true.
Events with
Andy Norman
December 19th, 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: An Exploration of Daniel Dennett (Session 51)
Andy Norman will lead an exploration of the work of the late Daniel Dennett
April 21st, 2022 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: Honor Cultures (Session 20)
Honor culture is said to prevail in the American South; dignity cultures prevail in many cosmopolitan cities.