Logic / Unit 8 Logic 389 short lesson, about 20 seconds
False Cause
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The idea
Concluding causation from sequence or correlation — post hoc ergo propter hoc.
In practice
"We changed logo; sales rose. The logo did it." So did the season, the promotion, and the economy.
Where people slip
Near-miss: temporal order is genuinely necessary for causation — it's just nowhere near sufficient. Video 342's four rivals are the checklist.
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