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daw@feddit.org to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months ago

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Fuck me, it took me way too long to find the nominative determinism in this. Completely missed the author’s name in its tiny print (Richard Speed for anyone else still trying to find it)
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  Yeah, @daw@feddit.org could you put the name in the title please?

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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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