baskerville effect

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What does baskerville effect mean?

The alleged self-fulfilling prophecy that there is an increase in rate of mortality through heart attacks on days considered unlucky because of the psychological stress this causes on superstitious people.

Where does baskerville effect come from?

Named after the Baskerville family from Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.

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