3 ms·

Cum hoc ergo propter hoc

• pyuser583 4y ago
  What are you saying? I studied years of Latin, and have no idea what your sentences means. Literally, “With this, therefore that.” I know it’s a fallacy, but fallacies need to be shown, not cited.
  • roel_v 4y ago
    Your translation doesn't include 'propter'. A more accurate translation is 'with this, therefore because of this'. Which is a pretty intuitive description of the fallacy it describes.
    • pyuser583 4y ago
      My apologies. I was confused “propter” and “propterea.” Mea culpa.
  • i5heu 4y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_cau...
  • mrtranscendence 4y ago
    ... if you know enough to realize it's referring to a fallacy, then you must surely know what the sentence means.