POST_HOC_ERGO_PROPTER_HOC meaning: Assuming causation from sequential events

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Post hoc ergo propter hoc)

▸ noun: (Latin: 'after this, therefore because of this') an informal fallacy that states "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event

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non causpro causa

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