Talk:Lasso of Truth

Lariat
Shouldn't this page be named Lariat of Truth? I've created a page named that and redirected it here, but I think Lariat should be the ultimate term. --lightspeedchick 03:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The only problem with this is that "Lariat" is not the term currently used. Virtually every reference included here refers to it as either the Golden Lasso or the Magic Lasso. I am not certain where Lasso of Truth comes from. If the page is moved, it should reflect what is given in the references. -Classicfilms 15:51, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Lack of references
Much of this article is unreferenced re: Verifiability. If references are not added, the unreferenced sections should be moved to the talk page. -Classicfilms 13:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Possibly worth leaving it a while and seeing what turns up. I'll do some digging. (Emperor 13:15, 3 November 2007 (UTC))
 * Thanks! -Classicfilms 13:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Attributing "incorrect" to academic paper without citation
The article states: In a 1997 academic article, psychologist Geoffry Bunn incorrectly reinforces a correlation between the lasso and the systolic blood-pressure test, stating:

Anyone caught in the lasso found it impossible to lie. And because Wonder Woman used it to extract confessions and compel obedience, the golden lasso was of course nothing less than a lie detector [...] Like the lie detector upon which it was modelled, Wonder Woman's Golden Lasso produced truth—and by implication justice and freedom too—through coercion.[5]

(The citation is to Bunn's paper.)

It's very strange to include a paper just to tell us it's wrong, especially when the "correct" interpretation isn't sourced at all.--Jeff (talk) 16:15, 1 March 2021 (UTC)