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Rosanne Plante, the lawyer who fights for people’s right to grow ‘weeds’ | She used to enforce local weed ordinances. Now she helps native plant enthusiasts combat them.

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Rosanne Plante, the lawyer who fights for people’s right to grow ‘weeds’ | She used to enforce local weed ordinances. Now she helps native plant enthusiasts combat them.

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The lawyer in question is named Rosanne Plante.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11857127

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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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