Post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc ”After this, therefore because of this” – a fallacy of reasoning concerning the unwarranted presumption of x causing y simply because x was observed to precede y.
(see also: Fallacy, Post hoc reasoning, Contiguity)
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