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post hoc, ergo propter hoc :)

• minimaxir 9y ago
  I hate using the Latin name of logical fallacies since it tends to lead comment threads into ad absurdum flamewars. :P
  • dajohnson89 9y ago
    Why? Maybe I'm just a logic nerd, but I see no harm in using Latin terms wherever appropriate.
    • retsibsi 9y ago
      For whatever it's worth, I appreciated his use of English. In this case I don't think I would have had trouble parsing 'post hoc ergo propter hoc', but about half the time when someone uses the Latin phrase for a logical fallacy (or other concept) I have to look it up to make sure I haven't misremembered its meaning. Trivial inconvenience, sure, but multiply that by everyone else in the same boat and surely it outweighs the extra effort/space taken to type out a slightly longer, easily understandable English version.
  • Terr_ 9y ago
    Mildly relevant: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/citations-needed http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/citations-needed