I expect that this ‘bias’ probably DOES have a real effect on people’s thoughts and opinions, admittedly not as strong of one as in the ‘evidence’ provided by the article. Perhaps not for drugs, because fictional drugs tend to be bad instead of good in my experience and I don’t think anybody names real drugs after fictional ones. However, being named after a character in a popular work of fiction probably could change others’ first impressions of you.
I expect that this ‘bias’ probably DOES have a real effect on people’s thoughts and opinions, admittedly not as strong of one as in the ‘evidence’ provided by the article. Perhaps not for drugs, because fictional drugs tend to be bad instead of good in my experience and I don’t think anybody names real drugs after fictional ones.
However, being named after a character in a popular work of fiction probably could change others’ first impressions of you.
A terrible ‘marijuana substitute’ is broadly marketed under the name “spice”. [ D:< How dare they! ]