Came across this gem of a fallacy in an Indian tabloid today: Domestic Abuse makes women smoke
Technically this is the fallacy of Cum hoc ergo propter hoc. A related fallacy, Post hoc ergo propter hoc is also frequently found, e.g. in the list maintained by Dr Bernstein.
Friday, December 21, 2007
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Hehe. I can't imagine how people can still call it a newspaper!
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