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November 5, 2012 11:01 am PST
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Blood type determinism in Japan
On the BBC, Ruth Evans describes a widespread Japanese superstition about the relationship between blood-types and personality. Apparently, the modern junk-science belief originates with a crank called Masahiko Nomi who published a "a book in the 1970s" about it, and his son Toshitaka has continued the family tradition with more woo books and an "Institute [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vhzNtD_FFYs/blood-type-determinism-in-japa.html
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