OT: Phases of the moon

[Mike Meyer]

Bart Lateur <bart.lateur at pandora.be> writes:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>>A skeptical policeman who says he doesn't actually believe the moon
>>affects behaviour nevertheless reports that "last weekend" things were
>>really crazy, and it was a full moon. Somebody writes in to correct him:
>>no, the full moon is actually "tomorrow".
>
> As a similar example: I've been told by various women independently,
> that "there are more babies born near a full moon."
>
> So... is there a correlation between insanity and babies being born?  :)

If what they say is true, then yes, there is. That doesn't mean
there's a logical - or even rational - explanation for that
correlation.

        <mike
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