I will present three widely used logical fallacies that share the same principle: my statement is true because I am pointing to some other thing that was present or also true. This other thing doesn't have a correlation to the thing I want to prove. These fallacies improperly use something prior in time as proof of a claim. Illusory causality "You ate this snack last night. Therefore, you feel ill today." In this fallacy, causality is confused with correlation. Just because an event occurred before another event, doesn't mean that it caused it. As humans, we love to have a clear line or reasoning in our heads to explain why things happen, which makes it easy for premature conclusions to form. This is an easy fallacy to disprove but also an easy one to fall into, even if you are aware that it exists. Appeal to nature "We have always hunted and killed for food. It is a natural process and rooted in our genes. Therefore, it is right to continue doing it." People are very selective when…
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