Name: 你的名字對你有什麼影響？ (What Does Your Name Say About You?)
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Naming has always been something that we've done with our gut. But as we learn more about

the scientific effects of names, maybe we need a better science of naming.

Ever since ancient times, people have suspected there's something spooky about names. Look

at all those folktales where the heroine can defeat the villain, simply by guessing his

name - everything from Rumpelstiltskin to Beetlejuice.

And then there are the cultural taboos about speaking certain names out loud, whether it's

of a particular god, or an exalted public figure, or even a dead friend or family member.

But why do we ascribe so much power to names? I mean aren't names just words? Wouldn't a

Take these two random shapes. Now one of them is named "Kiki" and one of them is named "Bouba."

But which one is which? Now if you said the more spiky shape is Kiki and the more rounded

one is Bouba - congratulations you're in the 95% of people who feel the same way you do.

Well, as it turns out names are not just these blank neutral words we use for communication.

For reasons we don't fully understand, certain letters and phonetic sounds seem to carry

a visual and even conceptual weight to them. In a world where more and more of our social

interactions are in social networks, and we never meet face to face, names might be really

I can envision a future where people start to consult with name and username optimization

experts, kind of the way businesses talk with branding consultants.

But of course we're not just talking about naming human beings here. A small study found

that two-thirds of Roomba vacuum cleaner owners are naming their Roombas. This means we're

creating an emotional attachment with the things we own.

This history of naming has long been a seesaw battle between the scientific need for unique

identifiers, and the more human need for something familiar that we can refer to in our day-to-day

lives. Lets think about stars for a second.

These days we have powerful telescopes hooked up to computers, discovering stars at an exponential

rate. We have databases filled with more than a billion stars, most of which have names

that are just based on their sky coordinates.

Now we have given some stars some nicknames, including that one. You might know it better

as "Beetlejuice." And here's a little trivia, if you say its name three times it collapses

Now if human beings ever settle distant star systems, we're gonna have to come up with

Hopefully we can avoid the same mistake the vikings made when they named their beautiful

I've got a question for all of you guys out there. Have you ever wanted to change your

own name, and if so what name would you prefer to have? Let us know in the comments below.

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