> terms more contemporarily associated with culture-war diatribes like "physiognomy", "phrenology" and "nazi" I challenge that the first two terms are characte

> terms more contemporarily associated with culture-war diatribes like "physiognomy", "phrenology" and "nazi" I challenge that the first two terms are characteristically associated with culture-war diatribes — they are associated with the claimed ability to determine personal characteristics from the shape of one's head or face, which is what this paper is about. As to the third one, it is used only three times in its literal historical meaning to cite the Nazi regime as a well known example of misuse of pseudoscience by the state.