Nominative Determinism was popularised by New Scientist magazine some years ago, but it seems the principle goes back at least as far as the writings of C G Jung.
Nominative Determinism predicates that your choice of career is determined by your name.
Hence, someone called De Cock becomes the HIV/AIDS Director at WHO, while a psychologist accused of beating a patient with wire and a cat o'nine tails is a Dr Beaton.
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