A+Gollamudi



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 * Fallacy**: Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
 * Definition**: The literal Latin meaning is "after this, therefore because of this." This fallacy occurs when the writer speculates that since one incident occurred after another event, the first event is the cause of the later incident. One example is the rooster crowed and then the sun raised. Therefore the rooster made the sun rise. Correlation between two events does not mean that the first event is the cause of the second event. The rooster can not make the sun rise.

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 * Explanation:** In this clip, Frosty is afraid of the thermometer getting red because he thinks that when the thermometer goes up the temperature increases and when the temperature increases Frosty starts to melt. This statement is not true; the increase in temperature is not from the cause of the thermometer turning "reddish." This is a post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy, because Frosty is stating that the event of the thermometer turning "reddish," the temperature increased. The thermometer turning redder can not be the cause of the temperature increasing.

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 * Explanation:** In the video, the polar bear sits on the couch crossing his fingers and toes, hoping for a coca cola bottle. Then, the other polar bear gave him a glass coca cola bottle with a straw, because he couldn't drink from the bottle without the straw. Therefore crossing his fingers let his wish come true; he got a coca cola glass bottle. This video is an example of the post hoc, ergo propter hoc, because in the event of the polar bear crossing his fingers for luck, gave him his wish of getting a coca cola bottle.