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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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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

More like McQuacken amirite

[–] smeg 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh you jammy bastard, I thought of that pun when I saw the initial reply and you've beaten me to it!

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Aha, I'm stealing your meme points on your own post!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Maybe that's why he became a ~~dentist~~ chiropractor.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Man, that's a lot of Cs, damn.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Emperor 2 points 7 months ago

Is his locum, Ben Doone?