ocr: Post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy Latin for "after this, therefore because of this, a this fallacy occurs when one assumes or argues that because one event follows another, the first event must have somehow caused the second. Qualifiers like "often" keep the ad shown from committing this fallacy- -the ad doesn't claim that - messing with marijuana or alcohol" will detinitely cause your child to be homeless later in life.
