HSRP-653

A bad label on a claim did not, in two experiments, lower belief in it; the effect on the person labeled is untested

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1. Header

Number
HSRP-653
Category
Civilizational Analysis
Grade
CONTESTED
Status
ACTIVE
Entry form
Full
First entered
2026-10-18
Last revised
Not recorded
Register entry
https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-653

2. The claim, in full

A bad label on a claim did not, in two experiments, lower belief in it; the effect on the person labeled is untested

Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC40 (brief item H40). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: "ESTABLISHED as reported; CONTESTED as a general rule". Wood labeled claims, not persons; no measure of self-censorship or social cost.

3. What it rests on

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

5. Counter-evidence

6. Why this grade

ESTABLISHED as reported; CONTESTED as a general rule

The register defines CONTESTED as: Disputed in the underlying science; the dispute is stated rather than omitted.

7. Correction history

No correction events are recorded. The entry's status is ACTIVE: no later entry amends, supersedes or withdraws it.

8. Related observations

No related observations are linked in the register.

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

Pages citing a source this observation rests on: /sovereign-citizens.

10. Open questions

Not yet recorded for this observation.

11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "grade": "CONTESTED",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "category": "CIV",
  "title": "A bad label on a claim did not, in two experiments, lower belief in it; the effect on the person labeled is untested",
  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC40 (brief item H40). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: \"ESTABLISHED as reported; CONTESTED as a general rule\". Wood labeled claims, not persons; no measure of self-censorship or social cost.",
  "n": 653,
  "ref": "HSRP-653",
  "cited_by": [
    "SRC-1187",
    "SRC-1188"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "category_name": "Civilizational Analysis",
  "supplement": "029",
  "entered": "2026-10-18",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "Wood (2016): \"In Experiment 2 (N = 802), participants who read a news article about fictitious \"corruption allegations\" endorsed those allegations no more than participants who saw them labeled \"conspiracy theories.\"\" [SRC-1187]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-1187"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "Dentith, Husting & Orr (2024): \"we argue that it is premature to suggest the label \"conspiracy theory\" has no impact on the believability of a claim, or that it has no rhetorical power.\" [SRC-1188]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-1188"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "grade_rationale": "ESTABLISHED as reported; CONTESTED as a general rule",
  "counter_evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "The reply comes from interested authors; their data were not read."
    }
  ],
  "appearances": [
    "/sovereign-citizens",
    "/the-hive-mind"
  ],
  "missing_fields": [
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    "intervals",
    "pinpoint for SRC-1187",
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    "source for an authored item",
    "history",
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  ]
}
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