Comments on: Full Moon effect debunked again http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:52:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: veronica http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/comment-page-2/#comment-147146 veronica Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:41:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/#comment-147146 I don't know about everyone else.... but EVERY full moon something bad happens to or around me. And I mean EVERY one!!!! I call it to! For instance, yesterday I was riding with some friends discussing our plans for the weekend. I noticed the moon was almost full and I stated that I was staying in because of my experiences when the moon is full. Well, last night my friend was nearly shot at a nightclub and today my close girlfriend was rushed to the hospital!!!! So for theses reasons I always try to stay in and be extra cautious when there is a full moon.... I almost dread it even though it is beautiful! I am almost certain the full moon has an effect on human behavior, it just hasn't been proven yet! I don’t know about everyone else…. but EVERY full moon something bad happens to or around me. And I mean EVERY one!!!! I call it to! For instance, yesterday I was riding with some friends discussing our plans for the weekend. I noticed the moon was almost full and I stated that I was staying in because of my experiences when the moon is full. Well, last night my friend was nearly shot at a nightclub and today my close girlfriend was rushed to the hospital!!!! So for theses reasons I always try to stay in and be extra cautious when there is a full moon…. I almost dread it even though it is beautiful! I am almost certain the full moon has an effect on human behavior, it just hasn’t been proven yet!

]]> By: Menstrual Synchronization - Page 2 - FlyerTalk Forums http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/comment-page-2/#comment-141508 Menstrual Synchronization - Page 2 - FlyerTalk Forums Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:01:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/#comment-141508 [...] for menstrual synchrony disappears. I'm suspicious that this may be like the urban legend of the full moon effect. __________________ "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" -- The Wizard [...] [...] for menstrual synchrony disappears. I’m suspicious that this may be like the urban legend of the full moon effect. __________________ "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" — The Wizard [...]

]]> By: al http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/comment-page-2/#comment-114751 al Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:28:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/#comment-114751 the moon,artemis, those who undermine her do so at thier own risk, and ignorance. the moon,artemis, those who undermine her do so at thier own risk, and ignorance.

]]> By: I’m Scared http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/comment-page-2/#comment-44237 I’m Scared Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:04:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/#comment-44237 [...] As I was writing this, Auke sent me an sms (text), to point out the brightest and biggest full moon for 2007 can be seen in the East. Clearly the moon must be affecting me? [...] [...] As I was writing this, Auke sent me an sms (text), to point out the brightest and biggest full moon for 2007 can be seen in the East. Clearly the moon must be affecting me? [...]

]]> By: Math and Crime » Blog Archive » The full moon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/comment-page-2/#comment-44236 Math and Crime » Blog Archive » The full moon Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:26:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/#comment-44236 [...] Debunked again and again. [...] [...] Debunked again and again. [...]

]]> By: KaiYeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/comment-page-1/#comment-44235 KaiYeves Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:11:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/#comment-44235 This piece of BA is everywhere! Once, I was stargazing with a friend and pointing out the Southern Cross. They said, with a straight face "You know, my dad's a cop, and he says that there's more crime when the moon is full. That's where the world 'lunatic' comes from." I didn't have the heart to tell him that it was false or that I've known that since I was six. (I also knew what SETI stood for when I was six, but that's another story) Besides, when I try to debunk something for my friends, they tell me that I'm wrong or crazy or need to do more research. Don't ever tell Valley/shopping Girls that astrology is fake. I need some new friends. This piece of BA is everywhere! Once, I was stargazing with a friend and pointing out the Southern Cross. They said, with a straight face “You know, my dad’s a cop, and he says that there’s more crime when the moon is full. That’s where the world ‘lunatic’ comes from.” I didn’t have the heart to tell him that it was false or that I’ve known that since I was six. (I also knew what SETI stood for when I was six, but that’s another story) Besides, when I try to debunk something for my friends, they tell me that I’m wrong or crazy or need to do more research. Don’t ever tell Valley/shopping Girls that astrology is fake. I need some new friends.

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/comment-page-1/#comment-44234 Mark Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:24:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/31/full-moon-effect-debunked-again/#comment-44234 "I’m thinking, purely as a fanciful speculation, that perhaps in some distant four-footed past, we did have a reproductive clock with light-based regulation…" I think, too; the period being very close to the lunar cycle is probably not by chance. Seems there's still many areas for evolutionary biology to research :) “I’m thinking, purely as a fanciful speculation, that perhaps in some distant four-footed past, we did have a reproductive clock with light-based regulation…”

I think, too; the period being very close to the lunar cycle is probably not by chance. Seems there’s still many areas for evolutionary biology to research :)

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