Woozle Effect/Shape of Stories/Best Twitter Thread

 Dear all

On 31st of October 2023 my palm was itching. 

Seeing this my wife said money is coming. 

For those who don't know, itchy palms ✋ mean that money 💵 is coming your way.

Atleast we Indian believe in it. And guess what salary credited in my bank account 😂.

Their are many more such beliefs and superstitions are floating around the world which has no scientific or reliable base.

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So, this experience leads to today's term "The Woozle Phenomenon or Effect". 

The Woozle effect is the phenomenon where a false or exaggerated claim is repeatedly cited as evidence until it is widely accepted as true.

This can happen because people tend to trust information that they see repeated from multiple sources, even if the original sources are unreliable.

It has some serious consequences.

- It may be harmful for your or public health. For example, someone who believes that cow urine can cure cancer may delay seeking conventional medical treatment, which can lead to serious health problems.

- False or exaggerated claims can be used to divide people and sow distrust.

- It may erode the trust on science and institutions.

The Woozle effect is a serious problem that can have a significant impact on individuals and society as a whole. It is important to be aware of the Woozle effect and to be critical of the information that you see and hear.

**One Video I Enjoyed** 

Kurt Vonnegut on the Shape of Stories.

**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

10 Thoughts on Reading from Naval.

https://twitter.com/1WriteofPassage/status/1720872048250286104

By age 25, you must be mature enough to realize…

https://twitter.com/TechnicalExec/status/1612060309400813570

**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

Hand-picked, informative and categorized Twitter threads.

The best Twitter threads all in one place. Choose from multiple categories: business, making money, book summaries and more.

Link 🔗 - https://awesomethread.com/

Personal website built by Justin Hall in 1994. He’s hailed as “the founding father of blogging.”

Link 🔗 - https://links.net

Experience the effect from movie inception 

Link 🔗 - https://inception.activetheory.dev/

**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked** 

Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind - George Orwell

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”― Robert Frost

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney

**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

Best inventions of 2023.

https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2023/

Naked beneath Our Clothes

Why I dragged my husband to a nudist resort.

https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/naked-beneath-our-clothes/

**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

Details: Published by The Associated Press, originally photographed by Jeff Widener

The Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese government had massacred hundreds of protesters.

**An Amazing/Weird/ Useful Product**

Amazon Fire TV Stick

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https://amzn.to/3P2veWL

Thanks

Xoxo 

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