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Perhaps 'Correlation does not imply causation'. The associated logical fallacy is known 'Post hoc ergo propter hoc'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_d
by davej 14y ago
Perhaps 'Correlation does not imply causation'. The associated logical fallacy is known 'Post hoc ergo propter hoc'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_caus...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
- genwin 14y agoGreat, I'll know now. I see a lot of such conclusions in major media. Wish they'd point out the fallacy, but that probably wouldn't sell the news as well! Love the example in the 2nd link: 'One class of examples is sometimes called the "Rooster Syndrome": "believing that the rooster’s crowing causes the sun to rise".'