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This could work. Right? https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-12744-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-12744-001 My realtor's last name is House

by rboyd 6mo ago

IshKebab 6mo ago
Reporting bias.
conductr 6mo ago
> Studies 1-5 showed that people are disproportionately likely to live in places whose names resemble their own first or last names (e.g., people named Louis are disproportionately likely to live in St. Louis). When I lived in Austin, it seemed like a third of boys born were being named Austin. I presume many of them will end up living there as adults but not because of this particular bias, because they were raised there and have family’s there seems to be a more likely driver.
- chrisweekly 6mo ago
  "Nominative determinism" is everywhere once you look for it. My vet's last name is McStay.
  - krrrh 6mo ago
    I just listened to an interview with Carl Trueman about his new book which criticizes transhumanism.
technothrasher 6mo ago
> Studies 1-5 showed that people are disproportionately likely to live in places whose names resemble their own first or last names There are several cities in the US that share my last name. I don't live near any of them. > Study 6 extended this finding to birthday number preferences. D'oh!
tombert 6mo ago
My urologist, and I swear I'm not making this up, has the last name "Wiener".
- rootbear 6mo ago
  My friend M. Goode’s father was a urologist named Dr. P. Goode. For real.
- pixelpoet 6mo ago
  Quite a coincidence, but how did you know he's Austrian?
- usefulcat 6mo ago
  I know of a dentist named Dr. Payne.
hn_acc1 6mo ago
Seems more likely this falls under the replication crisis umbrella. My wife's favorite numbers are my birthday (mm-dd), which is a small reason she fell in love with me. Neither of those numbers are related to her birthday. My favorite number(s) do not overlap with my birthday. Maybe my mm-dd values just aren't low enough, like 02-02?
tyushk 6mo ago
See also: Nominative determinism in hospital medicine, by orthopedics Limb, Limb, Limb and Limb https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/147363515X14134529299420 https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/147363515X141345...

This could work. Right? https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-12744-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-12744-001 My realtor's last name is House

by rboyd 6mo ago

This could work. Right? https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-12744-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-12744-001 My realtor's last name is House

IshKebab 6mo ago

Reporting bias.

conductr 6mo ago

> Studies 1-5 showed that people are disproportionately likely to live in places whose names resemble their own first or last names (e.g., people named Louis are disproportionately likely to live in St. Louis). When I lived in Austin, it seemed like a third of boys born were being named Austin. I presume many of them will end up living there as adults but not because of this particular bias, because they were raised there and have family’s there seems to be a more likely driver.

chrisweekly 6mo ago
"Nominative determinism" is everywhere once you look for it. My vet's last name is McStay.
- krrrh 6mo ago
  I just listened to an interview with Carl Trueman about his new book which criticizes transhumanism.

technothrasher 6mo ago

> Studies 1-5 showed that people are disproportionately likely to live in places whose names resemble their own first or last names There are several cities in the US that share my last name. I don't live near any of them. > Study 6 extended this finding to birthday number preferences. D'oh!

tombert 6mo ago

My urologist, and I swear I'm not making this up, has the last name "Wiener".

rootbear 6mo ago
My friend M. Goode’s father was a urologist named Dr. P. Goode. For real.
pixelpoet 6mo ago
Quite a coincidence, but how did you know he's Austrian?
usefulcat 6mo ago
I know of a dentist named Dr. Payne.

hn_acc1 6mo ago

Seems more likely this falls under the replication crisis umbrella. My wife's favorite numbers are my birthday (mm-dd), which is a small reason she fell in love with me. Neither of those numbers are related to her birthday. My favorite number(s) do not overlap with my birthday. Maybe my mm-dd values just aren't low enough, like 02-02?

tyushk 6mo ago

See also: Nominative determinism in hospital medicine, by orthopedics Limb, Limb, Limb and Limb https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/147363515X14134529299420 https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/147363515X141345...