One's Own Identity

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Double post: I just watched Freakonomics (because I am behind the times) and it proposed that the situations that result in you having a particular kind of a name have more to do with the kind of life you live than the name itself. Seems reasonable.

Fascinating. Although in my experience, people tend to be named before they have any meaningful life experiences, and the name stays more or less constant throughout their lives.
But I have a feeling I'm misunderstanding you.

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Double post: I just watched Freakonomics (because I am behind the times) and it proposed that the situations that result in you having a particular kind of a name have more to do with the kind of life you live than the name itself. Seems reasonable.

Fascinating. Although in my experience, people tend to be named before they have any meaningful life experiences, and the name stays more or less constant throughout their lives.
But I have a feeling I'm misunderstanding you.

This is what I was trying to post before I closed my browser in a rage of inexpressibility.

I too would like more of an explanation of this.

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The example they gave was a woman who was named Temptress who lived a life of crime and promiscuity. The idea is that the type of life she led had less to do with being named Temptress and more to do with being raised by parents who were the kind of people who would name their kid Temptress.

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The example they gave was a woman who was named Temptress who lived a life of crime and promiscuity. The idea is that the type of life she led had less to do with being named Temptress and more to do with being raised by parents who were the kind of people who would name their kid Temptress.

That makes sense, but only in the case of a name being suggestive of demographic. What are we destined to be, Tanny? Communists?