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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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Not normally on Faceb**k but happened to see this.

BBC News just interviewed a guy in a bed called Amin Abed. Could this week get any better ๐Ÿคฃ

Source: https://www.facebook.com/100050247169746/posts/pfbid02bfxBZMQnE7PDk6Y7Pq8dtdPLFa7ijA8HLES4dc9FoK2RTg7UzKodRLQsP8GNAxtPl/?app=fbl

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[โ€“] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ha, I originally thought the joke was that the guy in the bed was labeled an "activist", but that's even funnier.

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[โ€“] i_am_not_a_robot 12 points 4 months ago

I hadn't spotted the Activist thing. It just gets better!

[โ€“] Jimbo@yiffit.net 6 points 4 months ago

Mans is a sleep activist

[โ€“] smeg 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Album@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago