Astrological Superstition

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by gettinglucky, May 14, 2010.

  1. Any W.D. Gannadiddles out there?
     
    #21     May 16, 2010
  2. Here's a DJIA with a gann fannadiddle on it... From the way I got it set, it looks like your timeframe may actually fit... like ben stein would say...wow
     
    #22     May 16, 2010
  3. olias

    olias

    http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/18/news/la-heb-supermoon-health-20110318

    A supermoon must lead to super-effects on the body, right? Right?

    Just imagine a supermoon's effects on the body. Really. Just imagine. (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)
    March 18, 2011|By Tami Dennis, Tribune Health

    If a full moon affects the human body, then a supermoon surely would send those effects into overdrive, leading to even more pregnancies, epileptic seizures, surgery screw-ups, suicides, assaults and various other types of biological havoc. Surely, it would.

    The operative word, of course, is "if." And the Skeptic's Dictionary begins a nice distillation of moon-related folklore this way:

    "The full moon has been linked to crime, suicide, mental illness, disasters, accidents, birthrates, fertility, and werewolves, among other things. Some people even buy and sell stocks according to phases of the moon, a method probably as successful as many others. Numerous studies have tried to find lunar effects. So far, the studies have failed to establish much of interest."

    The essay then offers highlights from research on the many purported links between the moon's phases and human behavior. Such a distillation is worth reading as we head into the much-heralded "supermoon" weekend.

    This story from LiveScience takes a similar tack with similar results. Writer Robert Roy Britt notes:

    "When strange things happen at full moon, people notice the "coincidental" big bright orb in the sky and wonder. When strange things happen during the rest of the month, well, they're just considered strange, and people don't tie them to celestial events."

    Britt, however, does not debunk the werewolf connection. That must mean it's true."
     
    #23     Mar 21, 2011
  4. what have you learned?
     
    #24     Mar 21, 2011
  5. #25     Mar 24, 2011
  6. larkin

    larkin

    Yes, we're all stardust so naturally we must affect everything and be affected by everything... :D
     
    #26     Mar 24, 2011