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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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Article from a few months back: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68180317

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[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What a perfect name for a judge.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] smeg 12 points 6 months ago

You might even say it's nominative determinism!

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 19 points 6 months ago

Wow surprisingly based

[–] probablynaked@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Posters like you make this community a good place to be

[–] smeg 6 points 6 months ago

That's a very nice thing to say, comments like that make this a nice place to post!

[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Perhaps he would examine the on what basis the CPS brought the case in the first place