Eric Chudler
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 4 Jul
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Different studies have used a different criteria for what they consider to be a full moon.
Some studies have said that we'll look at the statistics of just that one day that the full moon occurs.
Other studies have said, well, we're going to take the full moon plus a few days before and a few days after.
We're going to consider that for our data to analyze.
So different studies have used different ways to classify and do their statistics.
They're correlating two variables.
They're correlating some abnormal behavior, like the number of murders or the number of crisis calls, and they're correlating that to a different phase of the moon.
And just because two variables vary with each other, it doesn't mean that one variable causes the other.
Two studies that were done about 30 years or so ago looked at the different professions of people who believe in this.
And what they found is that social workers, emergency doctors, nurses, police officers, they have the strongest beliefs that the full moon affects behavior.
One reason why I think people believe that the full moon affects behavior is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In 2007, a police department in Sussex said that they had noticed that there was more crime.
And so because there is going to be more crime in a full moon, the police department could put more police officers on the street.
And because more police officers were put on the street looking for crime,
more crime and more arrests could be made.
So it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, not because the full moon has some magical effect on the brain, but rather people are looking for particular behavior so it reinforces their belief.
they might notice that the moon is full on a particular day when something happens in their job.
And they assign blame to something like the full moon.
But they don't notice when these same things happen at different times of the month.
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