Van der Linden adalah seorang profesor [[Psikologi sosial|Psikologi Sosial]] di [[Universitas Cambridge]].{{Rujukan diperlukan|tanggal=Januari 2024}} Ia telah dideskripsikan oleh ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/disinformation-conspiracy-theories-inoculation-edelman-corporate-america-1132325/|title=The Disinformation Vaccine: Is there a cure for conspiracy theories? |last=Kroll|first=Andy|date=2021-02-24|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en}}</ref> sebagai salah satu otoritas terkemuka di dunia dalam bidang psikologi misinformasi<ref>Robson, David, ''[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/29/how-to-deal-with-a-conspiracy-theorist-5g-covid-plandemic-qanon It's only fake-believe: how to deal with a conspiracy theorist]'', The Guardian, Sunday, November 29, 2020</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-can-we-inoculate-our-brains-against-misinformation-a-new-book-suggests/|title=Can we inoculate our brains against misinformation? A new book suggests we can |last=Anderssen|first=Erin|date=2023-03-30|website=Globe and Mail|language=en}}</ref> dan telah menjadi ilmuwan utama di balik pengembangan kampanye inokulasi psikologis, sebuah pendekatan pre-emptivepreemtif untuk melawan misinformasi yang telah dilaksanakan oleh [[WHO]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/news/item/23-09-2021-what-is-go-viral|title=What is Go Viral? |date=2021-09-23|website=World Health Organization|language=en}}</ref> berbagai pemerintahan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8vzm/homeland-security-funded-this-game-about-destabilizing-a-small-us-town|title=Homeland Security Funded this Game about Destabilizing a Small U.S. Town |last=Gault|first=Matthew|date=2020-11-06|website=VICE|language=en}}</ref> dan perusahaan media sosial seperti [[Google]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/technology/google-search-misinformation.html|title=Google Finds 'Inoculating' People Against Misinformation Helps Blunt its Power |last1=Grant|first1=Nico|last2=Hsu|first2=Tiffany|date=2022-08-24|website=New York Times|language=en}}</ref> ''Foolproof'' merinci alasan mengapa pendekatan tradisional seperti [[pemeriksaan fakta]] dan debunking (sanggahan) sering kaliseringkali tidak memadai karena pengaruh misinformasi yang terus berlanjut dalam [[ingatan]] masyarakat. Buku ini terdaftar sebagai salah satu buku nonfiksi terbaik tahun 2023 oleh ''[[Cosmopolitan (majalah)|Cosmopolitan]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/g42627426/best-nonfiction-books-2023/|title= The 11 Best New NonFiction Books to Add to your TBR Pile in 2023 |last=Hanrahan|first=Laura|date=2023-01-24|website=Cosmopolitan|language=en}}</ref> dan [[BBC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63708229|title=Books of 2023|last=Saunders|first=Emma|date=2022-12-27|website=BBC|language=en}}</ref>
