the moon controls the oceans . We are 90% water, does the moon effect us?

Question

I get answers like the ocean is so big and people are so small that it doesn't make a huge difference. But we are 90% water so the moon must have 90% effect on us right?

Answer 1

Some believe the Moon DOES affect us, or affect some of us. Try visiting this sight for some alarming statistics!

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moon.html

Have fun!

Answer 2

What you said someone told you is true. The moon has a negligible effect on us because we are so much smaller than the earth. Tidal effects are not just because of the amount of gravity. They are because of the distance over which the gravity is applied. Tidal effect represents a differential: the diference between the amount of gravitational pull on the side closest to the moon and the other side. The moon's gravity is applied across 6900 miles of earth. That much distance represents a fair amount of difference in gravitational pull. It creates tides of a foot or two, in most cases. Apply that gravity over a distance of six feet and you get basically nothing. In addition, we are revolving around the center of the earth every 24 hours and we are constantly changing position.
So no, the moon does not have any physical effect on us that would be noticeable. There are those who have presented research purportedly verifying the lunar effect, but all research that has been examined closely is seriously flawed. Despite the firm beliefs of many nurses, police officers, and teachers, the moon does not "control" or affect us in any measurable way.

Answer 3

The Moon's affect on the tides has nothing to do with some affinity for water but is purely an effect of gravity on mass. The ENTIRE planet is pulled and distorted by the Moon's gravity, but because the water is more fluid the effect is more pronounced on the oceans. It's not some miraculous pull on water alone, and to conclude that there must be an effect because we are mostly water is seriously flawed reasoning. We could be mostly water, ethanol or crude oil and it would make not a blind bit of difference.

Answer 4

The moon does not control the oceans---only the tidal effect of the water. The sun also has a tidal effect, but at a smaller scale. No need to be concerned about your water content--the gravitational effect of your body and the moon is too small to be concerned about.

Answer 5

i dont really understand your question, but the Moon has the greatest effect on the ocean's tides as well as influence from the Sun. although the moon has the strongest effect. the moon also affects organisms that live in the ocean by means of moonlight and tides too.and i guess these effects can affect humans indirectly...are you kind of trying to ask if the moon didnt exist how would it impact humans?

Answer 6

The moon affects tides on earth but we are not subject to any influence from the moon, perhaps if you are a werewolf you may notice something at a full moon.

Answer 7

Billy,

I'm sure that there is slight effect - detectable? Maybe, but it would be minute. The only human beings with a heavily-affected brain would be the members of the Congress of this country. If you don't think that this is detectable take a look at some of the stuff that they do!

Answer 8

The moon that I know of does not have control on humans. However, there are myths that a full moon does control people behavior.

Answer 9

We are 70% water and the water is compartmentalized so we don't slosh. The oceans span the globe circumferentially, allowing the tides to flow around the world. In other words, no.

Answer 10

Even if it has, not consequently to the water content of a human body; however there are indirect effects due to the tidal movements of the Earth's crust .