Post hoc, ergo proptor hoc

First order fallacy


"todd" wrote in message
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"Mike 'Flyin'8'" wrote in message
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Fine... Is this also true for circa 1986?


And in 1986, just how big was Wal Mart? Are you saying that in 1986 they
were moving into areas and decimating the local businesses?


Nope... I am saying that in circa 1986, WalMart moved into Bixby and
small businesses left... WalMart soon followed...

This is not an anti WalMart campaign on my part. Frankly I could darn
near have my entire check auto-deposited into Sam's bank account
instead of mine and we could nearly call it even.

You might want to familiarize yourself with the difference between
correlation and causation. A similar statement to the one you make above
would be "Sleeping with one's shoes on is strongly correlated with waking
up with a headache. Therefore, sleeping with one's shoes on causes
headache." (credit to Wikipedia).

todd