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Full Moon Madness

JLam

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JLam
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Oh sweet Jeebus, what the hell is this crap?
http://www.astrologynow.com/Astrology.309.htm

Most of us know that the moon affects the tides. But it also affects all liquids on earth, including our bodily fluids. We tend to retain more water during a full moon and, because our skull is unable to expand when fluid pressure increases, the excess water is sometimes manifested in "full moon madness." In addition, one of our three primary biorhythmic cycles, our 29-day emotional cycle, is a based on the moon.
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I've read a lot of world class BS in my day, but this is up there.
 
Well, I was on the moon once and couldn't get through to tech support which made me quite mad. So I believe in Moon Madness.
 
Amazing. The amount of light reflected from the moon to the earth affects its gravitational pull on our liquids? When people come up with anecdotes about the full moon (more crime, more emergency room visits, etc) I try to remind them that the "full moon" lasts an instant. So, wouldn't we be able to see an increase DURING the night of a full moon up until the exact time of a full moon, and then a decrease?
 
slyjoe said:
Amazing. The amount of light reflected from the moon to the earth affects its gravitational pull on our liquids? When people come up with anecdotes about the full moon (more crime, more emergency room visits, etc) I try to remind them that the "full moon" lasts an instant. So, wouldn't we be able to see an increase DURING the night of a full moon up until the exact time of a full moon, and then a decrease?
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Most psych clients use it as an excuse as well. I always thought the dark of the moon was when the really crazy one came out. ;)
 
slyjoe said:
Amazing. The amount of light reflected from the moon to the earth affects its gravitational pull on our liquids?
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I believe the theory is that the sun has about 50% of the effect of the moon on earthly tides. During a new moon and a full moon those forces are most complimentary to one another, thus you theoretically see the highest high tides at a new or full moon (the reality is slightly different because the ocean doesn't react instantaneously and other aspects of physics I never researched).

I guess if this theory were correct, we'd probably see the highest high tides during one of those lunar phases at perihelion and the lowest tides during a quarter moon at aphelion.

Anyone know if this actually works out?

Interestingly I just googled perihelion and it seems right about now it is often occuring on my birthday. For a nominal fee I will bless a vial of water I gather at high tide on my birthday and sell it as a curative.
 
You gotta admit their reasoning in creative.

"We tend to retain more water during a full moon and, because our skull is unable to expand when fluid pressure increases, the excess water is sometimes manifested in "full moon madness."

:dl:
 
JLam said:
Oh sweet Jeebus, what the hell is this crap?
http://www.astrologynow.com/Astrology.309.htm

Most of us know that the moon affects the tides. But it also affects all liquids on earth, including our bodily fluids. We tend to retain more water during a full moon and, because our skull is unable to expand when fluid pressure increases, the excess water is sometimes manifested in "full moon madness." In addition, one of our three primary biorhythmic cycles, our 29-day emotional cycle, is a based on the moon.
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I've read a lot of world class BS in my day, but this is up there.
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Here's another example, and from someone (a qualified veterinary surgeon) who ought to know better:
John Hoare, a vet from Lyme Regis, Dorset, said yesterday: "I am not surprised that the moon affects animals - and people for that matter. After all, we are mostly made up of water and the moon affects the tides."
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I say "ought to know better": he also believes in homoeopathy, and has attempted to have disciplinary action brought against other vets who had the temerity to criticise it.
 
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DanishDynamite said:
My understanding is that the effect of the moon on women's cycles is quite real.
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Can you show some creditable sites? I could not find any that had any real testing. Also I have never known any women at showed an effect, they all had different times.

Paul

:) :) :)
 
The Straight Dope had an article on synchronization that you might find interesting (I can't post URLs yet).

straightdope.com/classics/a2_306.html

But it doesn't mention the moon, only other women.
 
DanishDynamite said:
My understanding is that the effect of the moon on women's cycles is quite real.
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If this is true, why would it not be the same for all mammals? For example in chimpanzees, generally agreed to be our closest living relatives, the cycle is around 35-38 days.
 
The human menstral cycle doesn't correlate with the Moon. It's longer by a day or so on average and the timing varies meaning everyone doesn't menstruate during the same lunar phase.

Animals whose breeding is associated with the Moon usually have some reason such as high tide where they lay eggs or the light of the full Moon where they gather at some location to find mates.
 
skeptigirl said:
The human menstral cycle doesn't correlate with the Moon. It's longer by a day or so on average and the timing varies meaning everyone doesn't menstruate during the same lunar phase.

Animals whose breeding is associated with the Moon usually have some reason such as high tide where they lay eggs or the light of the full Moon where they gather at some location to find mates.
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...and our internal body clocks drift to a slightly longer cycle than 24-hrs if day/night cues are removed.
 
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