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Here is another example of Faulty Causality. The chart below is stating that murder rate is connected to the internet. Sure the internet has been growing but it has in no way any connection to murder rates even though both exist at the same time. One does not cause the other in this example.

In the chart below, it states that global warming leads to less pirates in the sea. There is absolutely no correlation between these two things. Temperatures rising doesn't lead to pirates thinking it's not safe to go out to sea anymore.

Magic smoke, the caustic smoke produced from electronic circuits or components that have overheated, is a logical fallacy because the device was operating until the smoke was released. This leads to the assumption that the smoke was "magic" that operated the device because the device does not work after the smoke was released.

The joke's humor comes into play when the logical consistency between what is being observed and what is occurring is being compared.

Faulty Causality

There is no connection between the number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bed sheets and the total revenue generated by skiing facilities; the correlation is a coincidence. However this fallacy would argue since the years and numbers match that one causes the other.

Faulty Causality is also known as "Post hoc ergo propter hoc" (Latin: "after this, therefore because of this")

Faulty Causality is the misconception that event A led to event B.

The misconception can be reversed; Avoiding event A will prevent event B.

In the following video, the main character tells his mother that she is using the logical fallacy "Faulty Causation." He then points out that the fact that he has arrived home safely from his trip was not due to her church groups' prayers.

By Eloy Manalo Jr., Mariah Fielden, and

Ricardo Contreras

• Make sure your other slides include further explanation of the fallacy and at least 6 separate concrete and relevant examples of this fallacy.

o Examples should be found from outside sources such as :

 A newspaper article

 A print advertisement (like the ones you find in newspapers and magazines)

 A website

 A brochure

 A commercial from television or the internet (this would need to be included in one of the slides so students can view it)

 Political ads or debates

• Make sure you include some visuals in your slides to make them more appealing to your audience. Creativity is a definite plus and is worth part of your grade!

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