"It is an immensely interesting field of study for us scholars, that many people actually believe in blood type characterization even after many scientists have dismissed it," he said.
Human genes have been linked with human characters, but it is too "radical" to say blood types affect character, said Nakanishi, who is among many scholars who keep Internet sites against the concept.
"Those who believe in blood type characterization think they know about people just by learning their blood types. It is dangerous to casually believe that," he said.



