It must be a full moon out?

Summary


In a story on MSNBC , it proposes the question " Does the moon affect our health and mental well being here on earth". It gives alot of good examples of how that could be possible. Some of which include bright lighting from the moon causing sleep deprivation, and also the idea that because our bodies are made up of seventy percent water, that possibly the gravitaional tugging back and fourth between the earth and the moon could be causing mini tides within our bodies. According to the story though, all these things have not been proved, and every testing has turned up no link between a full moon and human health or behaviors.



Response



I find this story quite interesting. It really makes you think about the actual possibility of such a thing. I've always heard the phrase "Must be a full moon out", but I had really never given any thought to it's origin. I have somewhat of a flair for sci fi, and the whole magnetic disturbance on our body's water angle, really make my imagine go wild with the whole werewolf myth. Possibly a genetic deformity, a shapeshifter chromasone that is triggered by this gravitational diturbance within the body caused by the full moon. Possibly an idea for a book? I don't know about the whole sleep deprivation angle. I have a hard time believing that the light of the full moon would cause that much difference in our sleep patterns. I am also quite curious about the testing methods used to disprove the idea that there are differences when there is a full moon. Surely with such a common phrase, there must be some actual basis for it. I will definately be paying close attention whenever there is a full moon, to see for myself if there is any notable differences.