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Friday, April 15, 2005

Japanese Pseudoscience in South Korea
Re: Hey baby, what's your blood type?: Controversial dating technique all the rage in South Korea

I first heard the idea that blood type indicates personality here in Korea. Koreans should reject this pseudoscientific idea, especially in light of its origin (from BLOOD TYPE AND PERSONALITY):
    The idea of a correlation between blood type and personality was first noted in the 1930s during Japan's invasion of eastern Asia. Military leaders commissioned a study on how blood type influences personality in an effort to breed better soldiers.

Some companies in Korea don't hire men with type B blood. Imagine, Koreans today are losing out on job opportunities because of the unfounded ideas of Japanese eugenicists in the 1930s!