Should you take at face value a science paper that suggests that your face is the result of a “self-fulfilling prophecy process”?
A study called “Can names shape facial appearance?” claims it “probes the origins” of a supposed either/or question. The question: do parents choose a name that seems to match their infant’s “innate facial characteristics” – or, instead, does the child’s facial appearance, as they grow up, change shape to better match some stereotype of people who have that birth name?
Did Natalie always look like a Natalie? Or did her name impel her to become ever…
