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Day: January 29, 2010

Confirmation Bias

by Gerald GuildErroneous Thinking, SkepticismPosted on January 29, 2010October 4, 20127 Comments

“The kids are crazy today it must be a full moon.”    This and other similar notions are widely held.  For example, people working in Emergency Departments (ED) assume that spikes in ED admissions are linked to the phase of the moon.  Again, the thinking is that the full moon brings out the craziness in people’s …

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