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Nominative determinism

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Graeme H
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Nominative determinism

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A few years ago, New Scientist used to take delight in finding scientific papers or jobs with titles that matched the names of the people associated with them. For example, a surgeon might be called Tom Cutter.

Well, tonight, my facebook feed had consecutive posts on fly fishing that seemed to fit the pattern:

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Thought I'd share it with you ....

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:D :D
It's an exploration; bring a flyrod.

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I'm waiting for Dean Bass to go saltwater fishing :D
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