Full Moon

[Black Orchid]

We are nearing another full moon and there has been much debate about whether it affects human behaviour.

The modern genre of werewolf books, TV series and movies are in complete agreement with the 1941 Hollywood classic film The Wolf Man. Yep, if you are so inclined, the full Moon will turn you into a lunatic werewolf.

Indeed, that rather antiquated word 'lunacy' comes from Luna, who was the Roman Goddess of the Moon. One definition of lunacy is "intermittent insanity once believed to be related to phases of the moon".

This belief goes back a long way. The Roman scientist and military commander, Pliny the Elder, said that because the full Moon causes a very heavy nocturnal dew, it must also make the brain become "unnaturally moist". That was how, he claimed, the Moon caused both epilepsy and lunacy. He was wrong.

Even so, the belief is still common today. One survey in the USA found that about 40 per cent of the general population, and 80 per cent of mental health professionals, believe that the phase of the Moon affects human behaviour.

And yet, 99+ per cent of the evidence says that the Moon has no effect on human behaviour.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/ ... 464601.htm

In ancient Greece and Rome, philosophers posited that the water in the brain might be subject to the same kind of tidal motions as the sea, creating a wave of strange behavior whenever the moon was particularly full or large in the sky. Some version or another of this belief has survived through hundreds of years and countless cultural shifts. Even today, some psychiatrists continue to hold up this watery brain theory. But while humans are indeed made of mostly water, this theory doesn't hold any.

But even without a plausible physical cause, some still point to anecdotal evidence of higher rates of crime, emergency room admissions and surgical mistakes, just to name a few loony examples. One-off studies have occasionally shown one or another of these things to be "true," but remember: A single study means nothing. No one has ever been able to show consistently, with multiple studies, that the full moon has any effect on behaviour.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spe ... 2d8df05c14

[Black Orchid]

I have no scientific basis for it but personally I am a believer

[sprintcyclist]

Oh yes it does.

Ask almost any cop.
During a full moon they have more problems

AND, standing in your garden at night under a full moon is great.

[Nom De Plume]

It is more true that health workers and police are more aware of events that occur during a full moon, and then blame it on same.
My mother, a nurse, would always expect a busy night on a full moon, and was always surprised when it was quiet.

[The Mechanic]

Oh yes it does.

Ask almost any cop.
During a full moon they have more problems

AND, standing in your garden at night under a full moon is great.

do you have any clothes on while doing this?

[mellie]

Aaaaroooooo



It's total crap.

[Gordon]

Confirmation bias

[Agnes]

of course it does - I sleep badly on a full moon (no not growing any excess hair or claws) but it most certainly effects me and many of the pp I know in just the same way- tide and times~ heaven help us if Mercury is in retrograde-

[sprintcyclist]

Oh yes it does.

Ask almost any cop.
During a full moon they have more problems

AND, standing in your garden at night under a full moon is great.

do you have any clothes on while doing this?

Mechanic, I am disappointed you even ask .

[The Mechanic]

Oh yes it does.

Ask almost any cop.
During a full moon they have more problems

AND, standing in your garden at night under a full moon is great.

do you have any clothes on while doing this?

Mechanic, I am disappointed you even ask .

uh oh...

I still don't know if that was a yes or a no...

while on a tour around Western Australia and NT I took a nuddy pic in front of the Nullarbor Plain Sign... longest straight road in australia... one in front of the Coober Pedy Truck... and one at the Devils Marbles... lol ...