FALLACY OF THE DAY: FALSE CAUSE AKA: Mistaking correlation for causation, Post hoc ergo propter hoc The false cause fallacy assumes that two events are causally connected when they aren’t. It’s human nature to search for explanations by finding patterns and connecting the dots. Maybe you ate a sandwich for lunch and threw up later. Or maybe you used homeopathy and your headache went away. But are these events causally related? We often don’t know, yet assume we do. Sometimes there’s another fact

FALLACY OF THE DAY: FALSE CAUSE AKA: Mistaking correlation for causation, Post hoc ergo propter hoc DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION: The false cause fallacy assumes that two events are causally connected when they aren’t. It’s human nature to search for explanations by finding patterns and connecting the dots. Maybe you ate a sandwich for lunch and threw up later? Or maybe you wore your lucky socks and hit a home run? But are these events causally related? We often don’t know, yet assume we do. Somet