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beyond science to the belief that the
moon has the ability to make men mad has
endured for many centuries
mankind's belief in the power of the
Moon is so prevalent that the word
lunatic has actually originated from
their left intern lunatic kiss which
translates to moonstruck or of the moon
Greek philosophers like Aristotle also
suggested that the human brain which
floats inside the skull is very much
like the tides of open waters making the
organs susceptible to the gravitational
pull of the moon the myths surrounding
the moon's power grew more popular
during the Middle Ages at the time there
was widespread belief that some people
are cursed to turn into werewolves
whenever there is a full moon even today
many continue to attribute the
occurrence of strange things at night to
the presence or absence of the moon in
the sky if you ask around many people
would still say that the full moon is
responsible for people's unusual and
sometimes violent behaviors and is even
blamed for their currents of accidents
flights homicides and animal attack in
fact back in 2007 the police force in
some areas the United Kingdom took the
mystical powers of the moon so seriously
that more officers were assigned to roam
the streets at night in anticipation of
the increasing crime rates whenever
there is a full moon considering that
many cultures in different parts of the
world believe in the effect that the
moon has on humans we can't help but
wonder if there is some kernel or truth
in this myth does a full moon affect
human behavior bobbies and
investigations have been conducted to
discover whether the legends about the
moon are somewhat true so far scientists
found no conclusive answer to this
mystery most of them say that there is
no correlation between the presence of a
full moon and people's behavior however
there are some studies here and there
that seem to support the legends but
most experts continue to insist that the
alleged magical facts of the full moon
on human behavior are non-existent
aside from Aristotle there are modern
experts and researchers that say that
the full moon affects the human body
because of the moon's power to influence
water because our bodies are made up of
mostly water David our dispositions may
be altered through the disruption of the
water molecules that reside in our brain
and the rest of our nervous system
however the problem with this particular
theory is that astronomers and
physicists have agreed that the
gravitational pull of the moon has an
insignificant effect on our brain
function even the lay astronomer George
a bell of the University of California
when so far as to say that I
tiny mosquito resting on a person's arm
has a stronger gravitational effect when
you compare it to that of the moon
moreover even if the gravitational pull
of a moon can influence water this power
is just a strong regardless of whether
their moon is shining brightly or isn't
visible in the sky
of course these facts are not enough to
convince firm believers in the powers of
the moon and so in 1985 American
psychologist James rotten and Ivan Kelly
conducted a meta-analysis are the
findings of more than 30 studies on the
lunar effect entitled much ado about the
full moon their research was published
on the psychological bulletin and they
declared that the presence of the full
moon had nothing to do with the
occurrence of strange and violent events
such as crime suicides and the surfacing
of people's psychological issues they
even went to say that the further study
on the full moon effect was no longer
necessary
this conclusion did not sit well with
some of the more persistent believers in
the moon's behavioural effect and it
most certainly did not stop further
research on the subject matter in fact
the study in 2013 found that their
subjects who slept inside a laboratory
rated that the quality of their rest
during the full moon was 15% lower even
when they could not detect the moon's
extra light the subjects also reported
that they had a harder time falling
asleep when the full moon was present
however the researchers did not
attribute the results of the study to
the gravitational effect of the moon but
their evidence is enough for them to
suggest that the lunar rhythm may play a
role in the modulation of human sleep
structure it must be noted though that
the author's themselves were careful not
to jump to conclusions and they avoid
answering the question of whether the
moon can influence other aspects of
human behavior and psychology
if scientific experts can't establish a
clear correlation between the activities
of the moon and the behavior of human
beings and what could be the reason
behind people's association with the -
according to psychologist Loren and gene
cap men of the University of
wisconsin-madison this perceive
Association may be imagined rather than
real they called people's tendency to
believe in the lunar effect as an
illusory correlation this means that
people tend to perceive a phenomenon
where there isn't we interpret the
events that we witness depending on our
preconceptions and so if you know about
the lunar effect and believe in its
validity chances are when something
unusual happens during a full moon
they'll take notice and take note of it
but when nothing happens during a full
moon you may hardly remember this
non-event as our brain is selective and
what we want to recall we only race the
bizarre events we perceive during a full
moon and connect them even more in
reality this is just an illusory
correlation and as for how the notion
that the full moon is connected with
many bizarre events psychiatrists trial
or a son of the emory university
proposed that the lunar effect may have
once been a valid phenomenon at some
point in our distant past but not in the
way that we had expected according to
race in before the technology of outdoor
lighting was made possible in the modern
world and before most people had a roof
over their heads people relied heavily
on the bright light of the moon and for
those who lived outside the full moon
shining may have made it difficult for
them to falsely and for those who were
suffering from serious mental disorders
being deprived of sleep may have
exacerbated their condition triggering
their aberrant behavior and aggressive
tendencies other people seeing these
mentally ailing individuals act in such
a manner during a full moon may have
imagined the connection between the two
and this coincidental association
transform into a long-standing myth they
still believed by many today to race and
this makes the long-held belief but the
full moon can influence human behavior
as a cultural fossil that got passed on
from one generation to the next
considering that we live in a world
where science and logic are supposedly
what governs how our modern society
operates on a daily basis it's a wonder
why in our cake legend about the moon's
numerous powers remain so widespread
today well we have the media to thank
for most of it our fascination with the
supernatural and our faith and
superstitions are perpetrated by the
continuous stream of various Hollywood
horror movies that depict scary
occurrences against the backdrop of a
bright full moon in the evening sky and
aside from the media we also have
ourselves to blame for choosing to
continue to believe in this myth even
when our evidence on the contrary has
already been revealed to us after all
some of us would rather blame forces
beyond our control as the reason behind
other people's unpleasant actions then
believe that there is something
inherently wrong with them and should
the power of the moon prove to be true
later on well let's just be thankful
that we don't rely much in the light of
the full moon nowadays so if we were to
experience some of its effects today and
should the power of the moon prove to be
true later on well let's just be
thankful that we don't rely much in the
light of the full moon nowadays so
that's all I have for you guys thanks so
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