Post Hoc Fallacy
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See: Post Hoc Reasoning, Fallacy.
References
1999
- http://www.skepdic.com/posthoc.html
- QUOTE: The post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this therefore because of this) fallacy is based upon the mistaken notion that simply because one thing happens after another, the first event was a cause of the second event. Post hoc reasoning is the basis for many superstitions and erroneous beliefs.