Looks like the Brain Cloud™ (not to be confused with The Human Brain Cloud) from Joe vs. The Volcano wasn’t so far-fetched—or have to be terminal.
It is put forth by russian scientist Oleg Shumilov of the Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems that during periods of heightened geomagnetism people commit experience higher rates of depression and commit suicide more frequently. It sounds reasonable enough.
If what he and other studies have noticed holds up to the scrutiny of the scientific method, the knowledge that human’s internal clocks etc. could be affected by magnetic fluctuations from solar flares could be the difference between being depressed with hope that a change is in sight versus becoming progressively more depressed and eventually suicidal. It is definitely reason enough to warrant more study.
