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cobra effect

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cobra effect

Summary

cobra effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cobra is named after cobra effect[2].
  • cobra effect's subclass of is recorded as unintended consequences[3].
  • cobra effect's subclass of is recorded as perverse incentive[4].
  • cobra effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ztf9_[5].
  • cobra effect's different from is recorded as boomerang effect[6].
  • cobra effect's different from is recorded as Goodhart's law[7].

Why It Matters

cobra effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cobra effect. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cobra-effect
MLA “cobra effect.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cobra-effect.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cobra-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cobra effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cobra-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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