hiteshjr24/gemini_test huggingface dataset:
Statement: I hope the art mural at 34th and Habersham will not be allowed. You open the gate for one, you open it for all and you'll have it all over the city. A person wanting to paint on buildings is nothing more than upscale graffiti. More than likely it will go too far.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: If voluntary euthanasia were to be legalized it would prove impossible to avoid the legislation, or, at least, toleration, of non-voluntary euthanasia. Even if the former can be justified, the latter clearly cannot. Hence, it is better that the first step (legalizing voluntary euthanasia) not be taken so as to prevent a slide into non-volunteer euthanasia.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: First we handed out I-pads, now we use Quizizz, next we'll have robot subs!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: We cannot unlock our child from the closet because if we do, she will want to roam the house.  If we let her roam the house, she will want to roam the neighborhood.  If she roams the neighborhood, she will get picked up by a stranger in a van, who will sell her in a sex slavery ring in some other country.  Therefore, we should keep her locked up in the closet.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Allowing abortion in the first week of pregnancy would lead to allowing it in the ninth month
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: If we legalize marijuana, then more people will try heroin
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: If I make an exception for you then I'll have to make an exception for everyone
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: If you accept that the story of Adam and Eve was figurative, then you will do the same for most of the Old Testament stories of similar literary styles.  Once you are there, the New Testament and the story of Jesus does not make sense, which will lead you to believe that the resurrection of Jesus was a “spiritual” one.  Once you accept that, you won’t be a Christian anymore; you will be a dirty atheist, then you will have no morals and start having sex with animals of a barnyard nature.  So you better take the story of Adam and Eve literally, before the phrase, “that chicken looks delicious”, takes on a whole new meaning.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Running in the halls at school is against the rules. Therefore, the indoor track team should be written up.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: I believe one should never deliberately hurt another person, that’s why I can never be a surgeon.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: The Bible clearly says, “Thou shall not bear false witness.” Therefore, as a Christian, you better answer the door and tell our drunk neighbor with the shotgun, that his wife, whom he is looking to kill, is hiding in our basement. Otherwise, you are defying God himself!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: When someone says that what is true of something as a whole must also be true of each of its parts.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: His house is about half the size of most houses in the neighborhood. Therefore, his doors must all be about 3 1/2 feet high.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: I heard that the Catholic Church was involved in a sex scandal cover-up.  Therefore, my 102-year-old Catholic neighbor, who frequently attends Church, is guilty as well!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: "I had a bad teacher once; therefore, all teachers must be bad."
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Victor, the company you work for just filed for bankruptcy! How can I trust you with our money?
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Don't use iPhones. Teachers use iPhones and teachers are extremely dorky. If you use an iPhone, you will be dorky like a teacher!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Tyler's friends are all obnoxious, he's a bad kid
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: She has always associated with shady people, so she must not be trustworthy.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Dean, the company you work for just filed for bankruptcy! How can I trust you with our money?
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Paige wants to play a guitar solo on our next recording. Her father is a horrible musician, though, so I doubt that Paula's any good either.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Don't try to tell me that you only watch educational programming, Emmy! I know for a fact that your sister only watches reality television.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Did you really vote for Donald as class treasurer? Didn't you hear that his uncle was imprisoned for embezzling $1.5 million?
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: James, the company you work for just filed for bankruptcy! How can I trust you with our money?
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Laura is the class president. She believes that the class should sponsor a dance as a fundraiser. Then she learns that a group of girls that she doesn't like also support the idea of a dance as a fundraiser. So, Laura changes her mind and decides that the class should plan a race instead.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Eugene is silly in class. Harry is his friend, so Harry must be silly, too.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: She's definitely a feminist; she watched the Democratic National Convention
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: "All elephants are big. Some boys are big. Therefore some boys are elephants."
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: A person hanging out in a bar will be an alcoholic
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: A is part of B. A has property X. Therefore, B has property X.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Pizza has ingredients from all the food groups. Therefore, pizza must be healthy.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Daniel was a precocious child and had a liking for logic. He reasoned that atoms are invisible, and that he was made of atoms and therefore invisible too. Unfortunately, despite his thinky skills, he lost the game of hide and go seek.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Several years ago, a group of 10 psychologists started a psychology training program. Each of those psychologists is efficient, effective, and highly-regarded. Their training program must be efficient, effective, and highly-regarded.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: There are so many experiences in the human realm that are wonderful. Sexual intimacy between two willing adults who love each other is wonderful. A therapist helping a client is wonderful. When the relationship between a therapist and client is so deep that it could be characterized as love, it's wonderful. When all these acts become part of one process between two people, it must be exceptionally wonderful. How could anyone condemn such a wonderfully human process as unethical?
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: A car makes less pollution than a bus. Therefore, cars are less of a pollution problem than buses
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Atoms are colorless. Cats are made of atoms, so cats are colorless
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Each brick in that building weighs less than a pound.  Therefore, the building weighs less than a pound.Example #2: Hydrogen is not wet.  Oxygen is not wet.  Therefore, water (H2O) is not wet.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Hydrogen is not wet.  Oxygen is not wet.  Therefore, water (H2O) is not wet.Example #3: Your brain is made of molecules.  Molecules are not the source of consciousness.  Therefore, your brain cannot be the source of consciousness.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Your brain is made of molecules.  Molecules are not the source of consciousness.  Therefore, your brain cannot be the source of consciousness.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Men score better on math than women do. Jerry is a man. Therefore, Jerry is better at math than Sylvia, who is a woman.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: A study was done recently showing that church attendance was positively correlated with marriage longevity, that is, those couples who attended church together more often were more likely to stay married. This really should not be a surprise considering the general view of divorce within religion. What this does not mean is that any given couple who does not attend church is more likely to get divorced than any given couple that does attend church.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: While jogging around the neighborhood, you are more likely to get bitten by someone’s pet dog, than by any member of the canine species.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement:  Karen is a thirty-something-year-old female who drives a mini-van, lives in the suburbs, and wears mom jeans. Is Karen more likely to be a woman or a mom?
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Broccoli has significantly less fat than the leading candy bar! Plus, it's nowhere near as hot as Hot Cheetos!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Religion may have been wrong about a few things, but science has been wrong about many more things!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Michael is part of the Jackson Five.  Without Tito and company, he will never make it.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: If indoor smoking laws are passed for bars, the bars will go out of business since people who drink, smoke while they drink.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Besides charities, comfort, community cohesion, rehabilitation, and helping children learn values, religion poisons everything.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Our country is certainly in terrible shape.  Sure, we still have all kinds of freedoms, cultural diversity, emergency rooms and trauma care, agencies like the FDA out to protect us, the entertainment industry, a free market, national parks, we are considered the most powerful nation in the world, have amazing opportunities, and free public education, but still...
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: A major wrong has been committed by the local government and several people go to protest it, waving signs and blocking traffic. Both sides are just as bad.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Most of my testimony about the defendant was the opposite of what I actually believe but I'll bet there's no expert witness who has always told the truth from the time they were old enough to talk, so I'm no less honest than they are.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: President Petutti ordered a military strike that killed many civilians. He is no different than any other mass murder and he belongs in prison!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Using the second amendment as justification to allow civilians to own nuclear submarines.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Delores is a big supporter for equal pay for equal work.  This is the same policy that all those extreme feminist groups support.  Extremists like Delores should not be taken seriously -- at least politically.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Pol Pot, the Cambodian Maoist revolutionary, was against religion, and he was a very bad man.  Frankie is against religion; therefore, Frankie also must be a very bad man.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Callie: Did you know that Jake Tooten was a racist? Chris: I know Jake well. Why do you say he’s a racist? Callie: He was on a podcast the other day... Chris: Did he say something racist? Callie: No, but the podcast host did an interview two years ago with a woman who said she supported an organization that had a history of racism back in the 1960s. Jake clearly supports racism!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: This clinic sure makes a lot of money. Each of the psychologists who work there must earn a large income.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: Donald Trump Jr. Tweeted: If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem.
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: The numbers on gun violence speak for themselves. We should ban guns in the country!
Fallacy: faulty generalization
Statement: "Every time I go to sleep the sun goes down. Therefore, my sleeping causes the sun to set."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Since Anna Camacho became vice president of the parent-teacher association, student performance has declined and teacher morale is down. We on the school board believe that Camacho bears sole responsibility for the downtrend.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Children who play violent video games act more violently than those who don’t.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Eighty-five percent of those surveyed said that it is important to have a cell phone.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "Everytime I wash my car it rains, therefore, washing my car makes it rain."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Eating five candy bars and drinking two sodas before a test helps me get better grades. I did that and got an A on my last test in history.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began. The water fluoridation must have caused the student's test scores to drop.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The economy continues to grow as the number of "likes" on my Instagram account continue to increase. Clearly, the two are linked.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Global chocolate consumption is highest in Switzerland, yet people there are among the trimmest in the industrialized world. Therefore, it's reasonable to conclude that chocolate helps keep your weight down.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Naima is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Naima concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "Right when I sneezed, the power went off. I must've caused the outage." Bragged Zohaw.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: “President Kumail raised taxes, and then the rate of violent crime went up. Kumail is responsible for the rise in crime.”
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: People who eat yogurt have healthy guts. If I eat yogurt I will never get sick.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Almadina school of Richmond does not have many students, so that must mean that the school has a very selective admissions process.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every time that rooster crows, the sun comes up. That rooster must be very powerful and important!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every time I go to sleep, the sun goes down. Therefore, my sleeping causes the sun to set.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Pointing to a fancy chart, Roger shows how temperatures have been rising over the past few centuries, whilst at the same time the numbers of pirates have been decreasing; thus pirates cool the world and global warming is a hoax.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I'm moving to Connecticut because it is the richest state in the nation and I'm tired of being poor.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I wore my lucky red shirt when I took the test, so that is probably why I did so well on the test.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "Because I forgot to leave my porch light on, someone robbed my house."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Anthony and Marie have a heated argument. During their fight, Anthony tells Marie that he hates her and wished that she would get hit by a bus. Later that evening, Anthony receives a call from a friend who tells him that Marie is in the hospital because she was struck by a bus. Anthony immediately blames himself and reasons that if he hadn't made that comment during their fight, Marie would not have been hit.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: “The rooster crows always before the sun rises, therefore the crowing rooster causes the sun to rise.”
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: “I sneezed exactly at the same time the power went off. My sneeze must’ve done something to make the power go off. “
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I saw John texting yesterday, and then he got in his car and drove away; he must have crashed because he was texting. Therefore, cell phones should be banned.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Some students failed a test last week and they all had cell phones.  Having cell phones, therefore, made them fail.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: A rainbow appeared in the sky the day before basketball tryouts, and I made the team! If there's a rainbow when I try out in the spring, I'm sure I'll make the team again.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: “Yesterday, I walked under a ladder with an open umbrella indoors while spilling salt in front of a black cat. And I forgot to knock on wood with my lucky dice. That must be why I’m having such a bad day today. It’s bad luck.”
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Siblings Dan and Joe had a serious argument, and Dan told Joe that he hated him and wished that he would get hit by a car. Two days later, Dan was told that Joe had been struck by a car. Dan blamed himself and thought that if he hadn’t made the comment during their fight, Joe would not have been hit.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Last year, the city of Brookfield allocated more money to public parks. This year, however, littering increased, so the increase in park funding must have been responsible.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Since Lucy Sutton became vice president of the parent-teacher association, student performance has declined and teacher morale is down. We on the school board believe that Sutton bears sole responsibility for the downtrend.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: You oversleep and then fail a test; so you assume that oversleeping causes you to fail tests
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Your sister broke her arm, and then you broke your nose. So you assume that a sibling breaking a bone causes you to break one too.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: My grandmother ate 10 cloves of raw garlic every day. Not surprisingly she lived to be 102.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every time I was my car, it rains. Me washing my car has a definite effect on the weather.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Tommy went to go swimming for the afternoon and later bought a lottery ticket. He won the lottery which must mean that swimming makes you win the lottery.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Alley ate a slice of pizza for dinner and a few hours later she had a fever. Therefore, pizza causes fevers.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: 1. “Michael Jordan wore his UNC shorts during every game he played in the NBA and he won 6 championships.”
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: “The economy has improved greatly because of the new president.”
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Kevin's dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever. Kevin concluded that his dog must have infected him with something.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Our soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes. We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The temperature has dropped this morning, and I also have a headache. The cold weather must be causing my headache.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Why are you hitting your computer!? The last time my wifi was weak, I hit my computer and it got better.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: She took a drink from the drinking fountain yesterday and now she's sick. It must have been the public fountain that made her sick.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I broke a mirror earlier in the day, and then I received an F on my history final. Therefore, I received the F because I broke the mirror.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Our house was burglarized right after that new family moved in next door. Therefore, that new family must have been involved.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every day, I eat cereal for breakfast. One time, I had a muffin instead, and there was a major earthquake in my city. I've eaten cereal ever since.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: the President arrived in Hawaii, and the next day a volcano erupts, so the volcano erupted because the president arrival
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I failed Pre-Cal because my teacher doesn’t like me.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Texting has killed people’s ability to write in complete sentences with proper grammar.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "I started exercising twice a week, and I just got a babysitting job. Exercising leads to new jobs!"
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Since Samantha got that new apron, she hasn't burned any cookies. That new apron sure does help her cooking!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The party was going great! Then Gerald showed up and little by little people started collecting their coats and heading home. Gerald ruined the party.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: My brother received the COVID-19 vaccine and then had diarrhea for a week. The vaccine is the reason my brother's bowels came undone.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: During the early 2000s, the search for a cause of autism led to vaccines, though no scientific link has been found between the administration of vaccines and the onset of autism. The time that children are vaccinated and the time they're diagnosed do closely correlate, however, leading upset parents to assign blame to the immunizations, for lack of a better explanation.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: When the new administration came on campus, test scores increased and attendance improved.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: If the country is ever going to be safe from terrorists we have to close the borders.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "You're not feeling well because you use your phone so much."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I took a vitamin this morning and now I’m sick, so the vitamin must have made me ill.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Incorrectly thinking that one thing leads to another
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: 1. All the schools in the area had to kept closed for most part of the week. 2. Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: In March, 5G was introduced and then we all got COVID
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "It rained and we lost the game. Every time it rains, we are going to lose."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Farmer McDonald: Ever since they put up that new power plant across the river, we haven't had a bit of rain. I'm tellin' you, mankind has got too big for its britches when it fiddles around with nature.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I ate Oreos, and then I was sick the next day. It must have been the Oreos that caused my sickness.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every time I forget my lunch bag, school ends early
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every time my sister uses hairspray, it is an extremely hot day
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Joey's refrigerator broke after Rachel moved in; therefore, Rachel caused Joey's refrigerator to break.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: You cannot blame your friends for a rain delay just because every time they go with you to a ballgame it storms and play is delayed. Likewise, the fact that a pitcher bought new socks before he pitched a winning game does not mean that new socks cause a pitcher to throw faster.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Cellphones weren’t invented before I was born. Now, they are everywhere! Therefore, cellphones were created because I was born.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I. Many seats in the private medical colleges in the state have remained vacant this year. II. The government medical colleges in the state could accommodate all the students who sought admission this year.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I. The Ganges river is flooded due to large sheets of ice coming down from the Himalayas. II. Many people in the Himalayan ranges lost their houses under huge sheets of ice.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I passed my math test after going out to the movies the night before. I should go to the movies the night before every math test!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every girl I've dated has been a nurse. I must only be compatible with nurses!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: A baseball pitcher bought new socks before he pitched a winning game. The new socks caused a pitcher to throw faster! He will wear the new socks for EVERY game now.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Tasha is studying polar and tropical climates on Earth. She learned the following: Tropical climates: Summer and winter temperatures are similar.  Polar climates: Summer temperature is much higher than winter temperature. Tasha wonders why the tropical climate has the same temperature year round, but the polar climate temperature differs greatly.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: You got a cold two nights ago but last night you stayed up really late and now you are no longer sick, so it must be because you stayed up really late last night.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Earthquakes are caused when the plates of the Earth's crust move. Earthquakes happen along "fault lines" in the earth’s crust. When the plates in the Earth suddenly shift, the Earth will begin to shift, shake or tremble.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Jason and his family are heading to Utah to spend a week skiing. Looking at the weather reports, he notices that it is supposed to be warmer, making for lousy ski conditions. Angrily, he calls the Weather Channel and demands that they change their forecast so he will have better weather for the trip.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The flu vaccine comes out every year just before the holidays, then people go and spend a lot of money. Therefore, businesses are secretly using the flu vaccine as a mind control device to increase holiday spending.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The rooster crows always before the sun rises, therefore the crowing rooster causes the sun to rise.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Which logical reason supports the opposition to the motion "Cell phones give off an unsafe radiation and should not be used."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "It rained and then we lost the game. Every time it rains, we're going to lose."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Un pleasant idea of vegan diet. There is strong movement from people who choose not to consume meat, and their reasons vary from the healthiness to the effort of making the body looks appropriate or ideal. This is a rather ludicrous idea. Human beings have been consuming meat since thousands of years and counting. There are no cases when consuming meat causing severe problems, provided meat is consumed in appropriate amount, for everyone. Many say that being a vegan means having a healthier, stronger body and mind. Actualy, according to studies, our bodies are perfectly capable of digesting, absorbing and making full use of the many beneficial nutrients found in animal foods. Thus, there is no health reason to completely avoid animal foods. Don’t put unnecessary restrain on yourselves. You should enjoy life to the fullest; give your best in any possible situations, as well as consuming meat.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Lois and Jan did a "snow dance" one afternoon, and it snowed that night. They claimed to have brought the snow.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I sneezed at the same time the power went off. My sneeze did something to make the power go off.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I bought new shoes then my head started itching. I must be allergic to the shoes.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: There was a thunderstorm with rain therefore I did not finish my homework.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Fatima sneezed and she caused a tsunami in Tokyo.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Jack threw up because he ate Hot Cheetos.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I broke my mirror this morning, AND I failed my History test. I must've failed because the mirror gave me bad luck.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "Truly helps cramming for a test: my psychological test is crowded and I have an A."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: During the first week of July ice cream sales climbed, and during the second week murder rates climbed. Therefore, ice cream inspires murder.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: One day, Megan wore a Donald Duck t-shirt, and she got an ¨A¨ on her Chemistry test. Now she wears a Donald Duck t-shirt every day to Chemistry class.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Fewer tourists were recorded to have entered the country. This datum was gathered after Karapatan exposed the human rights violations happening here; therefore, Karapatan's expose was the reason for the low tourist turn out.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: At soccer practice, Willeidy tells Aida, "Pace's soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes. We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!"
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: President Jones raised taxes, and then the rate of violent crime went up. Jones is responsible for the rise in crime.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every severe recession follows a Republican Presidency; therefore Republicans are the cause of recessions.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Matthieu was the only player on the team who didn't grow a playoff beard, and thus he ended up getting injured.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I dropped the ball because Mercury is in retrograde.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: You know Jane Fonda’s exercise videos must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The Soviet Union collapsed after taking up atheism. Therefore, we must avoid atheism for the same reasons.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since feminism became mainstream. Feminism is to blame for this deterioration in the family.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The economy grows as the number of likes on my Instagram account continue to increase. Clearly, the two are linked.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: You know Jane Fonda's exercise videos must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she's in.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "A solar flare erupted from the sun three days ago, and my laptop died this morning. Solar flares are very dangerous for computers."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Valencia bought a different brand of detergent at the store. She developed a rash after wearing clothes washed in the new detergent. She concluded that she was allergic to the new soap.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Giving 10% of your income to the Church will free a child’s soul from Limbo into Heaven, so give your money!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every sunrise, the rooster makes a sound. So it is the rooster which makes the sun rise.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Shortly after MySpace became popular, U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, and Jimi Hendrix were rock stars who died young. Therefore, if you become a rock star, don’t expect to live a long life.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Dan White ate a lot of Twinkies and then killed the Mayor of San Francisco. If I were a mayor, I’d ban Twinkies so no one would kill me.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: There are more laws on the books than ever before, and more crimes are being committed than ever before. Therefore, to reduce crime, we must eliminate the laws.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Yesterday, I walked under a ladder with an open umbrella indoors while spilling salt in front of a black cat. And I forgot to knock on wood with my lucky dice. That must be why I’m having such a bad day today. It’s bad luck.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Since your parents named you ‘Harvest,’ they must be farmers.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: very time Joe goes swimming he is wearing his Speedos. Something about wearing that Speedo must make him want to go swimming.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Someone really should move this ‘deer crossing’ sign. This is a dangerous stretch of highway and the deer really should be crossing somewhere else.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Jimmy has a fever, sinus congestion, a cough, and can’t come to school, so he probably has a test later today.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Jimmy isn’t at school today. He must be on a family trip.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I drank bottled water and now I am sick, so the water must have made me sick.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Our garage sale made lots of money before Joan showed up. Obviously, she scared off all the customers.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The milk was left out all night and was spoiled. It should have been put in the refrigerator
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Jane gets a rather large wart on her finger. Based on a story her father told her, she cuts a potato in half, rubs it on the wart and then buries it under the light of a full moon. Over the next month her wart shrinks and eventually vanishes. Jane writes her father to tell him how right he was about the cure.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The picture on Jim's old TV set goes out of focus. Jim goes over and strikes the TV soundly on the side and the picture goes back into focus. Jim tells his friend that hitting the TV fixed it.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: It was observed that persons who went out at night often developed the malady. So night air was assumed to be the cause of malaria, and elaborate precautions were taken to shut it out of sleeping quarters
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The report suggests that 'the rise in violent offending and the explosion in the sales of iPods and other portable media devices is more than coincidental,' and asks, rather provocatively, 'Is There an iCrime Wave?' The report notes that nationally, violent crime fell every year from 1993 to 2004, before rising in 2005 and 2006, just as 'America’s streets filled with millions of people visibly wearing, and being distracted by, expensive electronic gear.'
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: My new way of obtaining informed consent helps prevent dropouts. I chose the three therapists in our clinic who had the highest dropout rates and taught them my new informed consent procedure. The first month that they started using it, all three had significantly lower dropout rates.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Joe eats horribly; therefore, his heart attack was caused by his eating habits.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Before women got the vote, there were no nuclear weapons
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every time my brother Bill accompanies me to Fenway Park, the Red Sox are sure to lose
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: When sales of hot chocolate go up, street crime drops.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: earthquakes in the Andes were correlated with the closest approaches of the planet Uranus. Therefore, Uranus must have caused them.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The bigger a child's shoe size, the better the child's handwriting
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The accident was caused by the taxi parking in the street
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Mom: Watching TV that close will make you go blind, so move back! Jonny: That is B.S., Mom. Sorry, I am not moving.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The Church used to claim that giving 10% of your income to the Church will free a child’s soul from Limbo into Heaven, so clearly giving money to the Church is a scam!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The presence of police at protests cause an escalation of violence. It was the case that at the protest last night attended by uniformed police, there was an escalation of violence. Therefore, police should not be at protests.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Billy murdered all those people because I spanked him when he was a child.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The reason Donald Trump got elected was because liberals took political correctness too far.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: P1. Lead poisoning can contribute to violent behavior. P2. Many inner city children have dangerous levels of lead in their blood. C. Therefore, violent crime in the inner city can be solved by curing the lead problem.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: P1. A sedentary lifestyle contributes to obesity. P2. People have become more sedentary in the last few decades. C. Therefore, the rise in obesity can be fixed by people getting more exercise.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: P1. Smoking has been empirically proven to cause lung cancer. C. Therefore, if we eradicate smoking, we will eradicate lung cancer.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement:  Doug is convinced he has lucky underwear. One time when he forgot to put on his lucky underwear, he got a parking ticket. Doug concludes that because he forgot to wear his lucky underwear, he got the ticket. Doug doesn't wash his lucky underwear often. This part isn't relevant to the example, but it is disturbing nonetheless.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement:  Tony: I bought a book on the law of attraction and two days later I won $30k in a lottery. I wasn’t a believer of the law of attraction before, but now I am!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Many homosexuals have AIDS. Therefore, homosexuality causes AIDS.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Jen: Don’t you realize that all this drinking you are doing is making your family miserable? Bridget: Yes, I do. Jen: Then what are you doing about it? Bridget: Drinking to forget.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: David: We have way too much police presence in this city. Pete: What are you going to do about it? David: Vandalize, loot, and perhaps a little arson.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: “The temperature has dropped this morning, and I also have a headache. Therefore, the cold weather must be causing my headache. “
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Every time I wash my car, it rains the next day. My car washing definitely affects the weather.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: The time that children are vaccinated and the time they're diagnosed do closely correlate, however, leading upset parents to assign blame to the immunizations, for lack of a better explanation. 
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Attributing the cause of World War II to only Adolf Hitler's hatred of the Jews
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Suggesting that John F. Kennedy won the presidency over Richard Nixon exclusively because of the debate on TV
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Believing that the cause of the Reformation was simply Martin Luther posting his theses
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Explaining that the U.S. Civil War was fought only because of the institution of slavery
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I had a real bad headache, then saw my doctor.  Just by talking with him, my headache started to subside, and I was all better the next day.  It was well worth the $200 visit fee.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: After surgery, my wife was not doing too well -- she was in a lot of pain.  I bought these magnetic wristbands that align with the body's natural vibrations to reduce the pain, and sure enough, a few days later the pain subsided!  Thank you magic wristbands!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Lolita: Since about half the people in the world are female, the chances of the next person to walk out that door being female is about 50/50. Celina: Do you realize that is the door to Dr. Vulvastein, the gynecologist?
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Believing that "runs" occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: This coin has landed heads-up nine times in a row. So it will probably land tails-up next time it is tossed.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: You said that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I have flipped heads five times in a row.  As a result, the next flip will probably be tails.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Eric: For my lottery numbers, I chose 6, 14, 22, 35, 38, 40.  What did you choose? Steve: I chose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Eric: You idiot!  Those numbers will never come up!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Maury: Please put all my chips on red 21. Dealer: Are you sure you want to do that?  Red 21 just came up in the last spin. Maury:  I didn’t know that!  Thank you!  Put it on black 15 instead.  I can’t believe I almost made that mistake!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: Mr. Governor issues a proclamation for the people of his state to pray for rain.  Several months later, it rains.  Praise the gods!
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I refuse to stay on the 13th floor of any hotel because it is bad luck.  However, I don’t mind staying on the same floor as long as we call it the 14th floor.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: I knew I should have helped that old lady across the road.  Because I didn’t, I have been having bad Karma all day.
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: "If a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck."
Fallacy: false causality
Statement: America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: The news is fake because so much of the news is fake.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Quinoa is a delicious, plant-based source of protein because it tastes so darn good.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: God exists. How do you know? Because it says so in the Bible.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: President Reagan was a great communicator because he had the knack of talking effectively to the people.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Canada is the best country to live in because it's better than the other countries!
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: The thing about the new math teacher (who is an excellent teacher) is that he/she really stands out because he/she has good teaching skills.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Repeating the same thing as if you’re proving something
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Witchcraft remains our most urgent spiritual problem because it threatens our very souls.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: The witchcraft problem is the most urgent spiritual crisis in the world today. Why? Because witches threaten our very souls.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: The word of Zorbo the Great is flawless and perfect. We know this because it says so in The Great and Infallible Book of Zorbo’s Best and Most Truest Things that are Definitely True and Should Not Ever Be Questioned.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Bill: I think capital punishment is wrong. Adam: No it isn't. If it was wrong, it wouldn't be legal
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Cell phones stop students from concentrating in class because they are distracting.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Ghosts exist.... because I saw a ghost in my closet
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: How do I know that Beth is the most intelligent person in our geometry class? I know because she's so smart.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: President Bennett is an effective communicator, because he has a natural talent for speaking with people.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Pamela never lies. She told me herself, so it must be true.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: “Harold’s new book is well-written because Harold is a wonderful writer.”
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: The number of pirates in existence decreased as the global average temperature rose. Therefore, we can conclude that hotter weather reduces piracy.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: "When my parents talk to me about how important it is to learn a second language, I remind them they didn't learn another language.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Senator Randall isn't lying when she says she cares about her constituents—she wouldn't lie to people she cares about.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Free speech is good not just for the individual, but for all of society. After all, it's in the interest of the community that everyone should be at liberty to express his or her beliefs.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Companies that make huge profits must be exploiting their customers because the only way a company could make large profits is by taking advantage of their customers.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: You must obey the law, because it’s illegal to break the law.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: You have to invite Jenna to your party because it would not be nice not to invite Jenna.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: 1. “iPhones are the best smartphones on the market because Apple makes the best smartphones.”
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: “I know that what I experience is real because I can see, hear, smell, touch and taste everything.”
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: "I am a great leader because I make great leadership decisions. The proof that I make great leadership decisions is that I am a great leader, and that's what leaders do." What is this?
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: You can't give me a C! I'm an A student, a C is just wrong!
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Violent video games cause teens to be violent, because violent teens play violent video games.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: "I have a right to free speech so I can say what I want and you shouldn't try to stop me. "
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: John Green is a wonderful writer because he writes so well.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty?
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Sleeping until noon is the worst thing to do because it is bad to sleep late.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Order is necessary to justice because justice can only be achieved by a program of social and legal order.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: the reason why more people are leaving this country is because of economic problems, therefore because there is an economic problem is that people are leaving this country.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: I have a right to free speech so I can say what I want and you shouldn't try to stop me
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Taco is the best because it tastes better.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Starbucks is the best because it's expensive.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Distracting and dangerous mobile devices should be banned from use in vehicles.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: I shouldn't have flunked the test because I never get F's
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Americans should give money to charity because it is the right thing to do.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: We know he’s not lying since he says he’s telling the truth.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Claim: You can't give me a C in this course... Reason: ... Because I am an A student. Warrant: An A student is someone who can't receive Cs.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Bob: that movie was a waste of time and money Ted: what was wrong with it? Bob: It sucked
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: "All eighteen-year-olds have the right to vote because it's legal for them to vote."
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: Global warming doesn’t exist because the earth is not getting warmer
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: The greatest thing that we can do is to love each other. Love is better than any other emotion.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: I am athletic because I run, and I run because I'm athletic.
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: “We must accept the traditions of the men of old time who affirm themselves to be the offspring of the gods - that is what they say - and they must surely have known their own ancestors. How can we doubt the word of the children of the gods?” - Plato, Timaeus
Fallacy: circular reasoning
Statement: But this here research must go on. This space effort must go on
Fallacy: circular reasoning