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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Big if true; better than all the dentists named Dennis (hexbear.net)

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2997684

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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This reminds me of every time I see a post (it's always on Facebook for some reason) about the Cheddar Man and his living descendent, who was clearly used to help determine what the face of the Cheddar Man model/figure should look like. But without fail, there are thousands of comments going, "Oh, wow! He looks exactly like the Cheddar Man! I can see it! These men could be twins!"

We're one step away from asking if the bones were really made from cheddar.