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> The principle was first published by Walter Rotman and R. F. Turner in 1963 Astonishing nominative determinism there
by Y_Y 3mo ago
> The principle was first published by Walter Rotman and R. F. Turner in 1963
Astonishing nominative determinism there
- goodmythical 3mo agoTito Beveridge creator of Tito Vodka, Ed Currie creator of the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X, Keith Weed the president of Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society, Usain Bolt one of the quickest people in the world, Thomas Crapper - commonly but incorrectly attributed with the invention of the modern toilet - founder of Crapper & Co plumbing company, meteorologist Sarah Blizzard, LEO Rob Banks, Donna/Mike/Bobbie Singer all singers with no relation. I myself have a CTO of a plumbing company in my family from Flushing MI, but that's ever so slightly different.
- ragebol 3mo agoThese are called aptonyms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym?useskin=vector
- viciousvoxel 3mo agoor nominative determinism
- logdahl 3mo agoI found this one truly shocking! Amy Lloyd, British neuroscientist who studied amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease[0] [0] https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/amy-lloyd https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/amy-lloyd
- Tade0 3mo agoI think nominative determinism has it backwards: people are actually nudged into careers which fit their names as whoever is on the receiving end of their services automatically has a more positive sentiment if they notice the name fits. I experienced this myself as my first name was rare in my generation and normally found in history books or literary classics so I was perceived through that lens.
- IAmBroom 3mo agoThat's what I understand to be the usual interpretation of nominative determinism. Some studies have shown statistically significant effects from having aptonyms. More than the expected number of dentists named Payne, etc.
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