The vaccine against foolishness


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14 October 2025 until 14 October 2025

Immunize Yourself Against Misinformation

If we are so intelligent, why do we fall for so many foolish and atrocious things? Why do we let ourselves be manipulated by false beliefs, conspiracy theories, and prejudices? José Antonio Marina alerts us to an invisible but real danger: mental viruses, ideas that infect and corrupt our intelligence, distort our memory, skew our judgment, and make us vulnerable to political, economic, and ideological manipulation.

After years of research, Marina offers us a genuine vaccine against foolishness, designed to strengthen critical thinking, deactivate clichés we accept as dogmas, and understand how our brain, an unfinished work of evolution, leads us to make systematic errors. With his clear and provocative style, the author invites us to recognize the cognitive traps that surround us and to protect ourselves against misinformation, gullibility, and manipulation. An essential read for those seeking clarity in times of confusion.

José Antonio Marina has dedicated all his research work to the development of a theory of intelligence that starts in neurology and ends in ethics, understanding that intelligence does not seek knowledge, but happiness and dignity. Within this project, he has written about creation, will, feelings, language, ethics, religion, and politics. He has been awarded the Anagrama Essay Prize, the Giner de los Ríos Prize for Educational Innovation, and the National Essay Prize.

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