# Cognitive Inoculation Cognitive inoculation prepares people to recognize manipulative techniques before or while encountering them. Instead of dictating conclusions, it explains recurring tactics—false dilemmas, identity coercion, fabricated consensus, emotional flooding, source laundering, or selective context—and allows the audience to practice evaluating them. Inoculation works best when it strengthens agency, supplies accurate context, and avoids humiliating the people it is meant to protect. A response calibrated for one community can produce resistance in another, so testing and trusted messengers matter. Related: [[wiki/Cognitive Security|Cognitive Security]], [[wiki/Counter-Narrative|Counter-Narrative]], [[wiki/Media Literacy|Media Literacy]], [[wiki/Trusted Messenger Strategy|Trusted Messenger Strategy]].