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realignedliving · 08-02-2007, 07:02 PM

You should read the Skepdic's entry on full moon and lunar effects, which debunks and explains that there is no correlation between a full moon and emergency room admissions, psychiatric admissions, etc.. While very few, occasional studies do point to some correlation, the majority (most of them) do not.

I say the cat and dog story falls nicely into the "few, occasional" studies - I'd be really surprised if the data could even be replicated several times in a row.

08-02-2007, 07:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
realignedliving Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 73	You should read the Skepdic's entry on full moon and lunar effects, which debunks and explains that there is no correlation between a full moon and emergency room admissions, psychiatric admissions, etc.. While very few, occasional studies do point to some correlation, the majority (most of them) do not. I say the cat and dog story falls nicely into the "few, occasional" studies - I'd be really surprised if the data could even be replicated several times in a row. Last edited by realignedliving; 08-02-2007 at 07:17 PM.