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Am I the only person who wonders how "Marilyn Vos Savant" also happens to be the smartest person? If you didn't notice, "Savant" means smart. So is it just a

Am I the only person who wonders how "Marilyn Vos Savant" also happens to be the smartest person? If you didn't notice, "Savant" means smart. So is it just a coincidence? Karma? The pressure of carrying such a name drove her to smartness?

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Jimmc414 3y ago
Perhaps Bill Ackman was right about impact of a person’s name. I doubt it, but it’s an interesting observation.
- paulpauper 3y ago
  like the surname "mason" or "farmer"
ksherlock 3y ago
Per Wikipedia: Marilyn vos Savant was born Marilyn Mach on August 11, 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents Joseph Mach and Marina vos Savant. ... so only 50% coincidence.
- bemusedthrow75 3y ago
  Fittingly it looks like informed choice.
kevinmchugh 3y ago
The "smartest person in the world" tag is a marketing push. It works with her name. It wouldn't work as well if she was named Marilyn Smith.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  > The "smartest person in the world" tag is a marketing push. It reflects some broad understandings of the 1980s and what we valued.
  - swayvil 3y ago
    She wears a suit with shoulder pads. Dates Michael Douglas.
    - WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
      Again, it was the 1980s. That's how we rolled. Also, Falling Down.
tdhoot 3y ago
Nominative Determinisn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
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dghughes 3y ago
She said this:. Marva Watkins in Chicago, Illinois, writes: What is your real last name? Marilyn responds: It's "vos Savant," which was my mother's maiden name and is my own legal name. (My mother's maiden name is just as real as my father's boyhood name.) My maternal grandfather was Giuseppe vos Savant. Coincidentally, he married a woman named Maria Savant, my maternal grandmother. Growing up, I never thought about "Savant" being a word, too. I'm sure that people with the name "Miller" don't think about it, either! By the way, my mother changed her surname to my father's surname when she got married, which was traditional at the time. I use her name, and my brother uses his name. https://parade.com/418148/marilynvossavant/marilyns-surname/ https://parade.com/418148/marilynvossavant/marilyns-surname/

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Jimmc414 3y ago

Perhaps Bill Ackman was right about impact of a person’s name. I doubt it, but it’s an interesting observation.

paulpauper 3y ago
like the surname "mason" or "farmer"

ksherlock 3y ago

Per Wikipedia: Marilyn vos Savant was born Marilyn Mach on August 11, 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents Joseph Mach and Marina vos Savant. ... so only 50% coincidence.

bemusedthrow75 3y ago
Fittingly it looks like informed choice.

kevinmchugh 3y ago

The "smartest person in the world" tag is a marketing push. It works with her name. It wouldn't work as well if she was named Marilyn Smith.

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> The "smartest person in the world" tag is a marketing push. It reflects some broad understandings of the 1980s and what we valued.
- swayvil 3y ago
  She wears a suit with shoulder pads. Dates Michael Douglas.
  - WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
    Again, it was the 1980s. That's how we rolled. Also, Falling Down.

tdhoot 3y ago

Nominative Determinisn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

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dghughes 3y ago

She said this:. Marva Watkins in Chicago, Illinois, writes: What is your real last name? Marilyn responds: It's "vos Savant," which was my mother's maiden name and is my own legal name. (My mother's maiden name is just as real as my father's boyhood name.) My maternal grandfather was Giuseppe vos Savant. Coincidentally, he married a woman named Maria Savant, my maternal grandmother. Growing up, I never thought about "Savant" being a word, too. I'm sure that people with the name "Miller" don't think about it, either! By the way, my mother changed her surname to my father's surname when she got married, which was traditional at the time. I use her name, and my brother uses his name. https://parade.com/418148/marilynvossavant/marilyns-surname/ https://parade.com/418148/marilynvossavant/marilyns-surname/