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Wrong direction
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Cogito ergo sum Logic and rhetoric |
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Wrong direction is a logical fallacy that occurs when a cause is mistakenly considered an effect.
The fallacy is a fallacy of causation.
Alternate names
- reversing causation
- confusing cause and effect
- faulty causal direction
Examples
- Chanticleer the rooster crows loudly enough to bring the sun up.
- Cancer causes smoking.
- The street lights turning on causes the Sun to set.
- Winds are caused by waving trees.
- Kids that play a lot of video games are the most violent. Clearly, video games make children more violent.
- Not only is this an unrepresentative sample, but it's possible that violent children play video games because they are violent.
- Evolution causes mutation
See also
External links
- See the Wikipedia article on Wrong direction.
- Wrong Direction, One Good Move