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is there a fallacy here?P1: more and more teenagers are playing violent games P2: video games themselves have become more graphically and realistically violent P3: the number and variety of video games have expanded dramatically C: school violence is mainly caused by teenagers playing violent video games |
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asked on Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 09:56:45 AM by Shawn | ||||
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Totally invalid conclusion. |
answered on Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 05:56:08 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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Yep! As Shawn says, this claim confuses correlation (things happening at the same time) with causation. It's a common point of confusion, but things happening together doesn't mean they cause each other. It seems like the questionable cause fallacy. I've also heard it referred to as cum hoc ergo propter hoc ... for the latin scholars among us. Depending on how this approach is used, it can lead to lying with statistics if one presents a high correlation as evidence of causation. |
answered on Friday, Oct 01, 2021 12:42:47 PM by Arlo | |
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