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Re: Mountain Biking Causes Heart Attacks!

 
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Old 15-02.-2008, 06:45 AM   #1
Anthony DeLorenzo
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Default Re: Mountain Biking Causes Heart Attacks!

On Jan 26, 9:46 am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 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."
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Old 16-02.-2008, 01:57 AM   #2
Mike Vandeman
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Default Re: Mountain Biking Causes Heart Attacks!

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:45:14 -0800 (PST), Anthony DeLorenzo
<anthony.delorenzo@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jan 26, 9:46 am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> 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
>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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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
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Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

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