They Might Be Into Astronomy (With John Linnell)

Have you ever heard that whenever there's a full moon, that humans act a little differently. There are more crimes committed during a full moon, more babies born during a full moon. Teachers, all you teachers out there, you know that students misbehave more during full moons, right? Now, this is the interesting part because the link between full moons and human behavior has been studied extensively, and I mean extensively, I guess they needed something to do, these researchers.

And what they found is that there is absolutely, positively no statistical link between the full moon and major behaviors. So, when you hear it must be a full moon, well, sorry to squash your misconceptions, Astronomer Buzzkill strikes again.