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Nominative Determinism

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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fun fact: In some languages including Czech, we use "ne" as equivalent of the Latin prefix "non-". Therefore, all doctors are either "urologové" or "neurologové".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

he should decorate his office with pickled wiener jars

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

He has an uncanny resemblance to Mitch McConnell. Mitch would bite it off with his beak like mouth.

No thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Name checks out