Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!jcbst3 From: jcbst3@cisunx.UUCP (James C. Benz) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Astrology Message-ID: <17348@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 5 Apr 89 13:36:10 GMT References: Reply-To: jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (James C. Benz) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Lines: 18 In article CALVIN@JHUIGF.BITNET (Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?) writes: >I mean, maybe the moon has some effect on noctournal animals, but if you're >trying to defend the age-old astrologer's "the moon effects the tides, and >they're water, and since the human body is 98% water, the moon must affect >people" argument, then I would really love to see some data on that. Not to lend any support to pseudo-science, but an interesting thing to look at in this respect is the police blotter of any large urban area on the night of a full moon. I have heard the same story from several police officers here in Pittsburgh - craaazy things happen when there's a full moon, not just your run-of-the-mill stabbings and domestic violence, but the truly bizzarre. Of course, this is probably purely subjective - people see a full moon and all their inhibitions go out the window, but an interesting phenomenon nonetheless. -- Jim Benz jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu If a modem University of Pittsburgh answers, UCIR (412) 648-5930 hang up!