Lizzy McNeill
speaker
375 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2018
last heard 18 Jul
Lizzy McNeill’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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A city not unfamiliar with antisocial behaviour, Inspector Andy Park decided to look into what factors cause crime to peak within the city.
He studied violent crimes recorded over the past year and noticed that there was an uptick every time it was payday and during the full moon.
Now, people have long suspected the moon of meddling with our minds.
In fact, the word lunacy comes from the Latin lunaticus, meaning moonstruck.
Ouch.
Ouch.
One listener, Richard, saw references to the moon's criminal effects, but was sceptical.
We all know the moon has a dark side, but is it really that dark?
This week, we're finally holding the moon to account and asking, does the full moon make the crime rate go up?
That's Eric Chudler, a neuroscientist from the University of Washington who's been collecting studies on the effect of the moon on behavior for...
Well, many a moon.
Now, while this theory has a certain poetic charm to it, the science says otherwise.
Sure.
The moon's gravitational pull is powerful enough to shift entire oceans, but when it comes to humans, the laws of physics dictate that we're simply too small for it to make any meaningful difference.
No tidal surges of bad behaviour, sadly.
Hmm.
Why indeed?
Still, minor obstacles like scientific evidence have never been particularly effective at spoiling a good story.
To spoil a good story, you really need social science.
One study from Australia analysed the calls made to Brisbane police between 2004 and 2011.
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