Basically what the study of memetics has been doing for a while now. Ideas can "infect" people just like viruses, and the most successful ones spread like successful viruses. Everyone has an intellectual immune system that helps limit this spread, but it can vary a lot. The best inoculation against harmful ideas is critical thinking, but there are ideas that can suppress the spread of this just like an autoimmune disease (anti-science, anti-critical thinking, etc.). These can be the most dangerous as they can allow the spreading of ideas that help spread things like real disease (like anti-vax ideas).
That's why critical thinking is one of the core subjects in my OSES project, which is designed to teach people how and why they should do this. We can even use the study of memetics to help "spread" this idea to the greatest number of people. One can think of it like learning 'intellectual self-defence'.
https://autistics.life/@murdoc/114175617261126366
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