The paper was written by two people called "Bird" ?! File under "nominative dete... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		nakedrobot2 on Jan 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors i... The paper was written by two people called "Bird" ?! File under "nominative determinism"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

CiPHPerCoder on Jan 5, 2018 [–]

I wonder if they're also self-professed pyromaniacs? :^)

Kidding aside, I'd never heard about "nominative determinism" before. That's rather neat.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact