A Basil Plant
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the most on-the-nose or strangely objective name that you have heard?
0·3 years agoSee also: Nominative Determinism. If I remember correctly, there was a subreddit about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
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.



Hi! I just wanted to say thank you very much for making BentoPDF - I’m a big fan! It’s a tool I use regularly and I’m always very happy that it’s so intuitive and easy to use. I learnt about it from lemmy here (your post 8 months ago), btw!