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> "... New York University nutrition researcher Marion Nestle (no relation to the chocolate maker)" I know this is off topic, but what do you make of the fact
by air7 9y ago
> "... New York University nutrition researcher Marion Nestle (no relation to the chocolate maker)"
I know this is off topic, but what do you make of the fact that the researcher's name is Nestle? Is it a total coincidence?
Turns out the commonly repeated idea that "Denis's are more likely to become Dentists" (i.e nominative determinism) was proven false [1].
Yet, it seems there are only about 500 people named Nestle in the whole US... [2]
It's of course just one data point, but it's still curious.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/pascalemmanuelgobry/2014/01/09/no-of-course-dennis-is-not-more-likely-to-be-a-dentist-but-youre-reading-that-he-is-because-journalists-cant-do-math https://www.forbes.com/sites/pascalemmanuelgobry/2014/01/09/...
[2] http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Map/Nestle http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Map/Nestle