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November 11, 2016 10:01 am PST
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Dennis the Dentist: on the unkillable wrongness of nominative determinism
In 2002, a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology claimed that men named "Dennis" were more likely to become dentists; people named "George" or "Georgina" were apt to become geologists; and people with surnames like "Diamond" and "Ricci" were more likely to become bankers. (more…)
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