Does the Full Moon have any effect on humans or animals?

None, except that, unlike animals, humans can talk themselves into MAKING such correlations happen as self-fulfilling prophesies. Both of my daughters were born on the Full Moon, but the hospital nurseries were practically empty and no nurse made any comment about the Full Moon to me. Had the nursery been full, they would have made such comments and remembered them, thereby passing on the faulty observation to others.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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