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By JB Sanders<\/p>\n

Turkey time!<\/p>\n

What’s Your Blood Type?<\/a><\/Strong>
\nIt’s the new “What’s your sign?”, at least in Japan. Several popular books have promoted the idea that blood type determines personality, with about the same scientific validity as the horoscope (perhaps less!). <\/p>\n

Necronomicon in Academia<\/a><\/Strong>
\nThe blasphemous (and fictional) book of the Chtulhian mythos has popped up in an odd context — review by an academic. The article is also wonderful for links to various Necronomicon-related websites, including the Miskatonic University site, and a link to the paper discussing the phenomenon of the “believers” in the Necronomicon. Yes, there is nothing so weirdly fictional that a group can’t come to believe a complete fiction is really true.<\/p>\n

Is YouTube Making Us Smarter?<\/Strong>
\nShort answer: mostly yes. Long answer: see the IDEA channel video below. Basically, if you can avoid looking at dogs riding on turtles long enough, you can find a video to teach you just about anything on YouTube. So: yes.<\/p>\n