Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kupu 'lunatic' i ahu mai i te kupu Latin mo te marama 'luna', i te mea he tokomaha i whakapono ka taea e te tinana o te rangi te mate me te whanonga rereke. He ariā tēnei e mau tonu ana i tēnei rā, e whakapono ana te tokomaha o te iwi ka ōrite pea te marama ki ngā wā uaua i roto i ngā hōhipera, i roto rānei i ngā rāngai whanautanga. Engari ko Tākuta Jean-Luc Margot, he kaiwhakaako i te mātauranga aorangi o te ao i te Whare Wānanga o California, kua oti i a ia tētahi rangahau e whakamatau ana i te kaupapa ko te mea tino nui. E ai ki tētahi kairangahau mai i te Whare Wānanga o California, ko ngā kerēme e pā ana ki te marama e pā ana ki ngā mate, he pākiki. I kī a Tākuta Margot, i te wā e kaha ana te ora i te rā o te marama ki tonu, he maha ngā tāngata e mahara ana ki te hononga nā te mea e whakapūmau ana i tō rātou whakapono - engari kāore rātou e mahara ana ki te wā kāore he mea motuhake e puta ana i taua rā. I mahia tana rangahau hei whakaatu i te āhua o te whakaaro nui o te tangata, o te hunga whai whakaaro, ki te whakawhanake i ngā whakapono pakari e kore e ōrite ki te tūturu. "Ko te kore o te pānga o te marama ki ngā take tangata kua whakaaturia ki ngā wāhi o ngā tūtukitanga motokā, ngā whakaurunga ki te hōhipera, ngā hua o te pokanga, ngā ōrau ora o te mate pukupuku, te wā, ngā whanautanga, ngā raruraru whanautanga, te pouri, te whanonga nanakia, tae atu ki ngā mahi taihara", e tuhituhi ana a Dr Margot. Ahakoa i whakaaturia e tētahi rangahau UCLA e 40 tau te roa, kāore te wā o te whanautanga e pā ana ki te huringa o te marama, kua mau tonu te whakapono ki te pānga o te marama. Ko te marama ki tonu te wā e noho ana i te taha ōrite o te Ao ki te rā. Ko te tikanga o tēnei ko tōna mata katoa e whiti ana i te rā, e tino mārama ana. Ko te marama hou ko te wa e rite ana te huarahi ki te ra, na reira ko tona 'taha tawhiti' e marama ana, a kaore e taea te kite i te rangi o te Ao. I te toharite, e 239,000 maero (384,000km) te tawhiti o te marama mai i te whenua, e 27 nga ra, e whitu nga haora, e 43 meneti me te 11.6 hēkona hei whakaoti i te porowhita kotahi. Hei tauira, e ai ki tētahi rangahau i te tau 2004 i roto i tētahi niupepa māngai, i pā te marama ki te maha o ngā tāngata i uru ki te hohipera i Barcelona, Pāniora. Engari i kitea e Tākuta Margot...
I ako te kaipūtaiao o te Whare Wānanga o California i ngā kōrero pakiwaitara o te marama. I kitea e ia kāore ngā marama ki tonu i te pātahi ki ngā mate, ki ngā wā 'hē'. I whakaaro noa te iwi i mohio ratou no te mea i mahara ratou ki aua ra. 'He harakore te marama,' i mea a Tākuta Jean-Luc Margot.