Friday, January 16, 2009

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for "after this therefore because of this")-
If one event happened before a second event, the first must be the cause of the second.

This fallacy is related to:

Ignoring a Common Cause

Correlation Does Not Imply Causation

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