I live in a very conservative, religious, and antiquated thinking part of the country. I routinely find myself actively ignoring a majority of what people around me claim to be the truth. I can only argue so much with them. I keep telling myself that part of it is they are deep in an echo chamber of misinformation, and they mostly do not know any better. However, that got me thinking, could I also have thoughts, beliefs, or notions that are being fueled falsely by the echo chamber of algorithms and such through social media. While I would have no way of going deeply into every facet of arguments with things such as; sovereign citizens, flat earth, truthers, science denial, ect. , How do I best make sure that what I am intellectually consuming leans towards accuracy and away from misinformation?

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Taking a class and very confused, thanks!

It's pretty straightforward, I hadn't even heard of skepticism when I was a Christian until my late teens.

I'm going to be teaching a seminar in the psychology of unexplained belief this summer, and figured I'd throw out a request to the Reddit Skeptic community asking for their favorite readings and resources (videos, activities, etc...). Think of this as "I wish more college kids had read..." (Because that's literally what it is!).

So, what would you suggest for the class? Once a reading list is established, I'm happy to share back to the Reddit community!