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So it's a scientific fact that the moon effects the oceans on the entire planet; i.e. tides and such.

I wonder how much of an effect it has on adult humans as we are 60%+ water. Interesting to think about...

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Atheistdad502 3 May 27
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If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this question asked, I could buy Trump with pocket change and save the world at the same time.

[livescience.com]

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Water has nothing to do with it. Gravity pulls on all matter. That said, the moon does not affect us.

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It has a huge effect on a few humans. Every so often, maybe once a month, it turns humans into werewolves 😛

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Not really. ?

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I have always wondered about the same thing...maybe it would be minuscule, but I have not seen research on the matter!

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As I recall, the word lunatic is derived from the belief that some people do act a bit strange under a full moon. My wife says she can verify that!

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When I was an RN, the full moon nights weren’t always busier...but what DID come in was definitely crazier. Than usual.

And it is known as confirmation bias.

@evidentialist I always thought people that were already crazy were using the full moon to let loose. Whatever the reason, those nights were nuts. But, thunderstorms affect labor(I was in Labor and Delivery). Good barometric pressure drop, and water broke all over town.

@CarolinaGirl60 -- Um ... what does barometric pressure have to do with the moon? Inquiring minds want to know.

@evidentialist Not a thing to do with the moon. It was very noticeable, the barometric pressure thing. I have zero scientific evidence, only observation from my years in the labor/Delivery room.

@evidentialist, @TheMiddleWay That’s interesting; thank you for the link.

@CarolinaGirl60 -- Here's another.

[washingtonpost.com]

This video has a lot of interesting information, again indicating no such effect. I find the editing done in so many videos to be more maddening than the full moon. It makes the narration sound like a person who does not breathe and uses no periods and just rattles on through the entire length. An endless series of run on sentences. Trimming time from narration can be accomplished by better and more concise writing. End of rant.

This one is a hell of a lot better.

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I hate being pulled this way an that

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It has damn all affect.

When the moon is directly overhead its gravitational attraction would make a 100Kg person seem half a gram lighter, and when its on the opposite side of the Earth half a gram heavier.

Take something and drop it. The moon has no significant effect on how quickly it drops, or in which direction. Does it angle sideways if the moon is on the horizon? No, it doesn't.

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The oceans are vast. We people individually are just little shits, I think too small to measure if there is an effect, and if there is, all creatures adapted a long, long time ago. Now, if we lived in one of Jupiter or Saturn's moon, you might be talking about something.

godef Level 7 May 28, 2018
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No effect and no way to test anything beyond basic correlation: [csicop.org]

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It probably doesn’t effect us much cuz the water In The ocean is free floating where as all the water in our body is part one solid thing well mostly solid lol.

Dfox Level 4 May 27, 2018
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None. It only affects tides because water is distributed across Earth. Its the differential force across a large distance that causes tides, a human body can have a differential of about 7 ft max, bodies of water have a differential the width of the Earth.

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Every few weeks I tend to drift to the left for a few hours....

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Statistically, there are higher rates of violent crimes during a full moon.

Wouldn't this be related to a person's ability to see better during a full moon as opposed to total darkness?

@DenoPenno Exactly!

@DenoPenno
Hmmmm. It’s a statistical correlation, not an explanation.

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This is not really true, but this is still extremely funny

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Why did you ask about the effect it has on water? It has a gravitational effect on everything.

You might want to watch this:

KenG Level 6 May 28, 2018

I believe that the tides are caused by the immense kinetic force from whales and giant squid mating in aggregate with nuclear submarine, aicraft carrier, and cargo ship activity.

@DZhukovin You could be right actually

@KenG Haha those Tesla harmonic oscillators are trippy, eh

@DZhukovin ????

@AmelieMatisse Hahahahahaha :'D

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I have always thought that as humans we disavow anything that we absolutely cannot quantify based on personal experience or knowledge. I have come to the personal conclusion that there are things I can't prove or disprove that may affect life and the planet. So I have become able to say, "gee I really don't know" I figure my comment is no more valid than the naysayers or proslytites.

I'm with you 🙂

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We are actually about 70% and I am convinced that we are affected. Why? First of all, there is a reason crazies are called lunatics and it is not just a myth. A friend was the head nurse at a NYC emergency room and told me, each time there was a full moon "They're jumping." A lot of suicides and suicide attempts. Police officers know it is going to be a "bad night." I have also very recently begun to really think there is something to "Mercury in retrograde." The last bout was an awful time for me and just about everyone I know.

Ok, there is no evidence that when the moon is full more things happen in ERs. It is all anecdotal. You do know the face of the moon is always facing us. It is just not illuminated by the sun all the time. So, how could more reflection of the sun's light at night cause more ER activity? The short answer is that it couldn't. Why then were they called lunatics? Because they ran around when it was most light at night.

@jwd45244 Thank you for that last sentence which explains so much about "lunatics" and the fact of people doing things "in the light of the full moon." Sometimes a small truth goes unnoticed be many.

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I read an offering by Bob Berman that said it has no affect on us. I can't offer the source, other than I remember it was Bob Berman..

Hutch Level 7 May 27, 2018
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If it did it would be extremely minuscule.

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After I graduated from college, I worked in a CT state institution for three years. There were many times someone on our staff would turn to another and ask "was it a full moon last night?" and it was !!! Maybe the effect is only obvious on those already a bit "off", but we observed this often.

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Not much ... but...

[livescience.com]

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