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Re: Mountain Biking Causes Heart Attacks!

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  1. Mike Vandeman said:

    So much for the alleged "health benefits" of mountain biking....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

    "Post hoc is a particularly tempting error because temporal sequence
    appears to be integral to causality. The fallacy lies in coming to a
    conclusion based solely on the order of events, rather than taking
    into account other factors that might rule out the connection."

  2. Anthony DeLorenzo said:
    Mike Vandeman said:

    So much for the alleged "health benefits" of mountain biking....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

    "Post hoc

    It's not "post". It's DURING! DUH!

    is a particularly tempting error because temporal sequence

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    appears to be integral to causality. The fallacy lies in coming to a
    conclusion based solely on the order of events, rather than taking
    into account other factors that might rule out the connection."


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