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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Seriously???? You have to be joking, at least I hope so. If not, that post is absolutely classic "post hoc ergo propter hoc"---which translates to "after this therefore because of this"---it is the battle cry of all those with faulty cause and effect reasoning. After all, I ate bacon and eggs for breakfast this morning, and shortly afterwards there was an accident on I75. Therefore my breakfast choice caused the accident. Get real.
That's all you really need to know about irrational causation.
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No more bacon and eggs for you! Wait let's study this a little more. Was the bacon crispy? And how were the eggs cooked? Could make all the difference, eh?