smeg@feddit.ukM to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 months ago

The past and future of Nominative Determinism in sport (xkcd)

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The past and future of Nominative Determinism in sport (xkcd)

smeg@feddit.ukM to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 months ago

https://xkcd.com/2022/

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I’ve known a network engineer named wan-lan as his last name. An undertaker named cerial Mort. And a plastic surgeon named doctor tits
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  I believed you until Dr. Tits
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    https://www.bd.nl/brabant/brabantse-chirurg-overleden-tijdens-beklimming-mont-ventoux~a9630f6a/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
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      Well I’ll be damned
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    “Tits Group” is a well known object in mathematics named after one Dr. Tits, but I admit plastic surgeon is another level

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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine’s humorous “Feedback” column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.

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