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Woozle Effect Example
- A high school essay asserted 25 million homeless people in the US without evidence.
- This claim gained traction and spread, highlighting the Woozle effect.
Woozle Effect and the Iraq War
- The claim of a million Iraq War deaths, cited in major publications, originated from an unverified estimate in a Lancet article.
- Repeated citations lent it false credibility, demonstrating the danger of the Woozle effect.
Wikipedia's Misinformation
- Gurwinder Bhogal distrusts Wikipedia due to biased gatekeeping and inaccurate citations.
- He cites Implicit Association Tests (IATs), falsely presented as reliable bias measures, as an example.