Blood Type and Personality

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The question as to whether blood type affects or determines the personality of an individual has been studied for many years, and the conclusions of the various researchers, both in the U.S. and abroad, are, to say the least, ambiguous. By examining additional evidence and facts taken from several dependable sources, this paper argues that an individual's personality is in no way affected or determined by blood type.

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"Of course, the most powerful scientific tool that completely eliminates any possibility of a link between blood type and personality is the transfusion of blood from one person to another, usually through donations to the Red Cross. In this procedure, blood is taken either from a donor or from blood stored in the hospital which now undergoes extremes in testing and evaluation. If the theory of blood type and personality is correct, then when a person receives a blood transfusion from another person, it only makes sense that the person getting the blood would acquire some of the personality traits of the donor. However, due to scientific fact, this is not possible, for the personality lies in the brain, not in the blood. Thus, the idea of personality being linked with blood type is simply a superstition from ancient times and can be compared to several other "pseudo-sciences," such as phrenology (studying the bumps on people's heads to determine personality), astrology and numerology."

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