Lance DobsonOne essay a week about how people arrive at beliefs and decide what is true.https://lancedobson.com/en-usDoes the Full Moon Make People Act Up? A Pre-Registrationhttps://lancedobson.com/essays/full-moon-pre-registration/https://lancedobson.com/essays/full-moon-pre-registration/Before comparing any data to the moon, here is exactly how I will test whether mood, violence, police calls and ER visits change at the full moon.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTpracticefull moonlunar effectpre-registrationfolk causationmoodDoes the Full Moon Make People Act Up? The Resultshttps://lancedobson.com/essays/full-moon-results/https://lancedobson.com/essays/full-moon-results/I tested mood, assaults, police calls and ER visits against every full moon going back up to 25 years. The verdict: the full moon does not predict any of them.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTpracticefull moonlunar effectresultsfolk causationmoodDoes Mercury Retrograde Break the Internet? A Pre-Registrationhttps://lancedobson.com/essays/mercury-retrograde-outages-pre-registration/https://lancedobson.com/essays/mercury-retrograde-outages-pre-registration/Before pulling any outage data, here is exactly how I will test whether tech fails more when Mercury is retrograde, and what I expect to find.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTpracticemercury retrogradepre-registrationfolk causationoutagesastrologyDoes Mercury Retrograde Break the Internet? The Resultshttps://lancedobson.com/essays/mercury-retrograde-outages-results/https://lancedobson.com/essays/mercury-retrograde-outages-results/I tested 16 years of outage records against every Mercury retrograde since 2010. The verdict: retrograde does not predict tech outages.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTpracticemercury retrograderesultsfolk causationoutagesastrology