Every society has its own logical reasons behind the fact that these numbers are cursed, so to speak, and these reasons have permeated every aspect of their lives.
Now let’s talk about why the number 4 is considered unlucky, what reasons lie behind it, and the scope of the baskerville effect in this context.
In its simplest definition, the Baskerville effect, which is expressed as an increase in the risk of heart attack due to stress, is a medical phenomenon and is based on statistical data.
Baskerville has had quite a different effect on Asians and has become their biggest concern. This is because Asian people are surprisingly 7.3% more likely to die of heart failure on the fourth of the month than any other day.
This situation is caused by tetraphobia, which is expressed as “fear of the number four”, and it is Sherlock Holmes’ novel “The Dog of the Baskervilles” that actually gives its name to the aforementioned term.
In this adventure, Holmes and Dr. Watson struggles with a monster – so to speak – that is haunting the Baskerville family.
In this adventure, a large and rather scary dog chases a man, and this man is so scared during the escape that he eventually dies of a heart attack. Then, a different man is chased by a dog, and he, like the previous man, goes through various troubles during the chase and falls into the clutches of death.
Also, this effect takes its name from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous novel, “The Hound of the Baskervilles” because the dog in the novel was originally meant to be just a frightening element, but surprisingly, it gave its name to an effect that leads Asians to death.
The Baskerville effect was discovered by David Phillips and colleagues at the University of California.
Between 1973 and 1998, scientists examined about 200,000 deaths due to heart attacks in Japan, China, and the United States, and found that the probability of death to come to the fourth of the month is quite high.
To put it in numbers, Dr. Phillips; He stated that 13% of the Chinese and Japanese were caught and died from heart diseases in the 4th month of the year, and in the 4th month of the year, in California, where the Chinese and Japanese population is dense, the same reasons came to the fore with a death rate of 27%.
In addition, the number 4; In Korea, China, and Japan, it has always been seen as an unlucky number associated with death, and even the room number 4 has been removed from some hotels and hospitals in these countries. In summary, this situation, which can be called a kind of superstition, has led to an increase in the number of deaths such as heart attacks and such by causing stress.
In addition, scientists wanted to examine the relationship between fear and death in detail after the publication of the novel “The Hound of the Baskervilles”.
However, after these studies were thought to scare people and decided that they would not be ethical at the same time, it was concluded that the number 4 was associated with death, especially in Chinese and Japanese cultures, and as a result, it was concluded that anxiety and anxiety increase the risk of death.
These negative feelings, which are quite common in people, have been scientifically proven to have a lethal effect and scientists have always admired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who inspired them to make this determination by naming it the Baskerville effect.
In addition, if you are reading this content, which is published on the 4th of the month, on the same day, it is useful to be careful with the Baskerville effect. Remind us!
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