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The Mummy's Curse (Classic)
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Mummy's Curse
The mysterious logic of Mummy's curse stories casts the net wide. Lord Kanavan died not long after he entered Tutankhamen's tomb. But to understand whether selection bias might be at play, we need to ask how many others have been involved in such excavations? And what does it even mean to be involved?
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