As much as it pains me to admit it, I did learn one thing from senior English. Of course, I would have learned it later in college, but I have to be fair and admit where I learned it once. Post hoc ergo propter hoc (it's even in Latin!) is a philosophical fallacy that says because one thing follows after another, the first thing caused it.
The reason I bring this up is because I have, in the past, been accused of killing television shows. The argument is that if I start regularly watching a show, within a year or two, it will be canceled. This came up in conversation with Chris and Jessica, because Chris started making a list of shows that he wants me to start watching - American Idol, Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, and Law and Order: CI (I'm sure I've forgotten some).
I'd like to claim that me killing television shows is a post hoc fallacy, but really, I don't think I can.
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Correlation does not equal causation. Except in this case. ;)
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