Coincidental Correlation (post hoc ergo propter hoc )
Definition:
The name in Latin means "after this therefore because of this". This describes the fallacy. An author commits the fallacy when it is assumed that because one thing follows another that the one thing was caused by the other.
378 posted on 10/16/2003 6:45:07 PM PDT by rdb3
(And they give you cash, which is just as good as money.)