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"Haskell". Huh. And they say that the universe is random chaos!
by BlackDeath3 13y ago
"Haskell". Huh.
And they say that the universe is random chaos!
- derefr 13y agoI believe what you're referring to was dubbed[1] "nominative determinism" -- the idea that people feel a (statistically-detectable) attraction to careers befitting their name. The most charitable thing you can say about it: it's not been disproven as of yet. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9664000/9664697.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9664000/9664697....
- thaumasiotes 13y ago> It's not been disproven as of yet. Well, if you're committed to the idea that it must be true, I guess it hasn't been disproven... but it's been very, very severely discredited... See e.g. http://andrewgelman.com/2014/01/10/look-whos-3-years-date-whole-dennis-dentist-thing/ http://andrewgelman.com/2014/01/10/look-whos-3-years-date-wh...