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Kris

Cause and effect

Since chocolate covered strawberries and raw oysters are considered aphrodisiacs, whoever eats these two things are obviously thinking about sex and getting aroused.
asked on Wednesday, Sep 07, 2016 09:55:12 AM by Kris

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Bo Bennett, PhD
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I would say this is just confusing a probabilistic correlation with a certain one. If one were to accept that these foods do indeed promote sexual arousal (more fiction than fact), then one must realize that this is a probabilistic correlation, which means it only occurs some of the time, under certain conditions. Therefore, to claim that there is "obviously" arousal, is fallacious reasoning.
answered on Wednesday, Sep 07, 2016 10:18:08 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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modelerr
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This is clearly a logical fallacy (a non sequitur). Even if ingesting a combination of strawberries and chocolate constitutes an aphrodisiac (and research results are far from clear) there is no indication that the participant(s) is aware of this property – they may simply enjoy the synergistic flavors. BTW, the same fallacious argument could be made substituting “anti-inflammatory property” for aphrodisiac.
answered on Wednesday, Sep 07, 2016 02:24:45 PM by modelerr

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