False cause
Post hoc ergo propter hoc - “after this, therefore because of this”
- Before Bundy was executed, he told an interviewer that he was a heavy user of pornography.
Attributing one cause to a complex problem.
- Low interest rates are the cause for increased housing purchases.
- Poor communication is the reason for the high divorce rate.
- Cleaning your house could cause cancer because of the chemicals in cleaning solutions.