The best nomative determinism I’ve ever personally seen is a guy I knew named John Data who worked at IBM back in the day. Can you imagine calling someone out to work on your compoter system and the guy who shows up is literally called Mr. Data.
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
I believed you until Dr. Tits
Well I’ll be damned
“Tits Group” is a well known object in mathematics named after one Dr. Tits, but I admit plastic surgeon is another level
the guy who shows up is literally called Mr. Data.
Alt text: For a long time, people thought maybe Usain Bolt was the one for running, until the 2090s and the incredible dominance of Derek Legs.
I won’t believe in nominative determinism until Usain Bolt quits his athletics career to become a machinist.
Or a member of the anti-husbandry group Horsefreers International (HI).
As evidenced by their acronym, they’re actually a very friendly bunch as long as you don’t fence in horses 🤷
Bold prediction that there will be mountain skiing in 2050.
Artificial slopes already exists, so as long as you’re rich and selfish enough, only extinction level climate change can stop you from skiing on mountains 🤷
Arise from the dead comment chain!
I guess you predict a Julia Chairlift née Bezos then?
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