"Woozle effect : The phenomenon whereby frequent citation of earlier publications leads to a mistaken..."

“Woozle effect : The phenomenon whereby frequent citation of earlier publications leads to a mistaken public belief in something for which there is no evidence, giving rise to an urban myth.
British author A. A. Milne’s book Winnie-the-Pooh was first published on this day in 1926. It features a story in which Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet follow their own tracks in the snow, believing them to be the tracks of the imaginary “Woozle”.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Woozle_effect#English

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