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smeg@feddit.ukM to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year ago

Rob Banks, policeman-officer

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Rob Banks, policeman-officer

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/11006415

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  • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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    It’s funny they didn’t even try to obscure it as “Robert Banks” or something.

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      Maybe it’s Robin Banks, which is just as bad!

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      There was a Uni lecturer called Richard Head and at the first lesson every year, he’d go “my name is Dick Head, have your laugh now because I’m not changing it.”

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    Rob Banks, international baddie

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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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