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Khan Academy: Fallacies: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

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In this video, Paul explains the post-hoc-ergo-propter-hoc fallacy. This is an informal fallacy committed when a person reasons that because one event happened after another event, the first event caused the second. [5:41]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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