Maybe Craig MacTavish Wasn't To Blame....
by Jonathan Willis on Jul 25, 2009 9:16 AM MDT
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In writing about the Social Science Quarterly report, Time magazine pointed to a 1993 study that showed boys who have strange spellings of common first names (read Patric, Geoffrey) are less likely to be upstanding and successful; a 2001 study showing that boys are judged for their moral character and masculinity by their first names; and a University of Michigan study that stated, "having an unusual first name leads to unfavorable reactions in others, which then leads to unfavorable evaluations of the self."
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Oh for Christ’s sake.
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Yeah, it’s pretty ridiculous ;)
Believe me, this was posted tongue in cheek.
A posse ad esse.
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by Jonathan Willis on Jul 25, 2009 11:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Barack Obama scoffs at the suggestion.
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by raventalon40 on Jul 25, 2009 12:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Barry
He grew up Barry. He was able to get a positive self image from Barry, and then unleash Barack for the buzz.
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Oh, I understand that. It was more an expression of distaste for sociology, which sometimes proves useful but often comes out with shit like this that gives science a bad name.
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Whoa whoa whoa
Who said sociology is science?
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They sure act like it’s a science. The faculty at my university is even called Social Science. However, I cannot and will not subscribe to their interpretation of the word.
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Blech
Next you’ll say that psychology is now a science.
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Actually, I think it (mostly) is, but that’s not a debate I want to get into. I still have an outstanding invite from Tyler to prove some such thing about sports psych with papers, and frankly, I have neither the time nor interest to do the legwork. I only made my point to Vic the other day because I’d already made it six months earlier, and it was a subject I was much more familiar with.
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It’s Arts at my University. And it’s the first year course for jocks and cheerleaders to maintain their C when they get their marks back in real courses.
by doritogrande on Jul 25, 2009 5:29 PM MDT up reply actions
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