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In light of two recent studies, expecting parents might consider doing a little social engineering when naming their children. New evidence suggests if you're trying to convey intelligence the more middle initials in your name, the smarter people will assume you to be.
Also, if you want to be trusted more, use a first name that everyone can pronounce. That effect seems to be in line with another study (not peer-reviewed) indicating short first names correlate with higher earnings.
Perhaps one should combine the two and just use initials for all but the surname, like J.P. Morgan?
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday May 07 2014, @06:28PM
I go by my middle name most of the time, using an initial for my first name.
Dad's name was the same. So was Grand-dads. Too many in the family, so they started calling me by my middle name and it stuck.
No way I wanted to sign everything with "the Third" hung on the end.
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