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The Skeptics Guide #928 - Apr 22 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Random Bullshit Effect of the New Moon Phase

Study from 1977 found no link between suicide and the full moon. 1992 review of 28 studies found that there was basically no consistent relationship at all. 2008 study from Australia involving 65,000 suicides involved two orders of magnitude more than this one. And then they tried to find biomarkers to see if they could predict who is at higher risk of suicide during this lunar cycle. You mean like in high cholesterol? That kind of... No, I mean what biomarkers are we talking about? That assumes like causation.

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