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I really like this idea, though struggle to understand the effectiveness.

My guess is that the type of person who falls victim to 'bullshit' theory or messages is not the kind of person who is willing to dedicate time to an online course about learning to be more critical in thought. 'Bullshit' thinking has been largely successful because its an effortless pathway to establishing an opinion on something (queue System 1/System 2 thinking).

Conversely, the people who would be willing to read this sort of content are likely the people who are already reasonable skeptical about what they take as face value.

I think the point is that expressing interest is not sufficient enough. There are plenty of examples where people 'express interest' in something but don't go out of the way to act differently with it.

I'm sure there's a portion that's attributed to diet and exercise, but there's a ton of genetic advantages going on here too.

Clever.

Somehow the idea of calling an application that tracks and monitors your friends 'Swarm', seems like a poor choice.

Showcasing your own story to set the precedent for people to acknowledge mental illness as a real illness is a bold and admirable move. I would note however, that the recovery process for every individual is wildly different and shouldn't be overlooked.

Acknowledgement of the mental illness issue is one part of the problem, which will hopefully lead to better, more integrated treatment lines in the future.