the ninja turtle hypothesis

My favorite ninja turtle was Donatello. This is because Donatello was the smartest of the turtles. And he used a bowstaff, which was cool.

I hang out with a group of cerebral neuroscientists. In one of our conversations, we realized that almost everyone in the group favored Donatello out of the four pizza loving turtles. This led me to a hypothesis.

The type of ninja turtle you liked as a kid predicts the kind of job you will have.

This is based on the idea that you liked the turtle that was like you. People who liked ideas and inventions liked Donatello. People who liked leading a group liked Leonardo. Party-goers liked Michelangelo. Loners liked Raphael.

Here is my hypothesized correlation between preferred ninja turtles and jobs:

The Raphael correlation might surprise you, but remember that Raphael is the only turtle who truly strives for self-discovery, and who struggles with his own identity. He does not want to be a turtle. A person with a Raphael-type personality, upon maturing, is likely to want to help guide others to a similar level of maturity.

This chart is similar to my hypothesized correlation between preferred Hogwarts houses and jobs, although Slytherin does not fit.

These jobs make sense, because, each ninja turtle has a distinct high-priority goal and desired role in a group.

Most people I have encountered in scientific fields liked Donatello. Most people in business and politics liked Leonardo. As our generation grows up, the cartoon characters we liked as kids can actually begin to predict the people we want to be.

Kind of interesting and all, but thinking about this kind of thing has also unfortunatley changed the way I look at the ninja turtles.

Get a job, Mikey!