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Subject: Re: biorhythms, a possible explanation.
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 13:19:38 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 21 13:19:38 1986
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Nf-From: cbneb!djd    May 21 12:48:00 1986

What you say about biorythms is logical enough, but it ain't about
biorythms.  What I have read on the subject is limited to leafing
through books in bookstores, but it was enough to show that the
biorythm people believe it is all set AT BIRTH.  They take the time
and date of your birth, and starting from there, superimpose several
sets of curves, looking for where peaks coincide, etc.  This is so
silly it is transparent.  For example, if you move to another state
that is one time-zone in either direction, you will change the time
you get up and go to bed, and this, quite obviously will affect your
biorythms, whatevever they are.  Similarly, a day sick in bed, a day
of fasting or overeating, and numerous other changes must affect any
rythms your body has.  But according the books, your rythms never
change.

Biorythms is more astrology than biology, and it is just another
example of wacky science, that is really wacky, but not really
science.
 
                               Dave Daulton
                               AT&T, Columbus