Not exactly made for World #Elephant Day, but a conversation earlier had me inspired.
I don't draw @ditzysnep.bsky.social
enough, but when I do, mischief's abound! And Glace is definitely the #Woozle to my #Heffalump <3
#Furryart #Furry #Plush #TF #Transformation #Fatfur #SizeDifference #Toon
Evidence by Citation, or the Woozle Effect: https://www.facebook.com/reel/944940177170339/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
The NEJM published a letter in 1980 saying opioids weren't addictive when used in pain relief. It was widely and uncritically cited. It took the NEJM until 2017 to correct the record.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1700150
#PublicationEthics #NewEnglandJournalOfMedicine #NEJM #OpioidCrisis #MedicalMyths #Citations #Woozle #PublicHealth #EvidenceBasedMedicine
TIL, there is a small #glacier in #Antarctica charmingly named #woozle hill after the heffalumps and woozels in #WinnieThePooh
The #Ukraine Antarctic base at #VernadskyStation operate an #IceCap monitoring programme there...
It's #CupOfTeaSocial #QuizQuestion time! The Woozle effect occurs when a source is widely cited for a claim it does not adequately support, giving said claim undeserved credibility. The name comes from a chapter of a very famous children's book first printed in 1926. Which book?
That One Purple Cow
BLUR @ Furnal Equinox
Matt Hodgkinson
Ruth Mottram
Puzzle Trail Paul