“Night owl” sleep preference is a real thing and isn’t a choice (being largely genetic). Night owls forced to obey a daytime schedule suffer from what researchers call “social jet lag” because it constantly feels like they’re living in the wrong time zone. Here’s a 3-minute AsapSCIENCE video with more details for anyone interested.

Im not going to disagree with you, but i have this nagging suspicion that most people who think they are “night owls” are really just shining a phone light in their face every night and confusing their sleep cycle.

Night owls have been a thing since long before cell phones existed