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Every day when I sit down to eat my breakfast, the telephone rings. Sitting down to eat causes the telephone to ring.

Which logical fallacy do these sentences demonstrate?

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Which logical fallacy do these sentences demonstrate?

Every day when I sit down to eat my breakfast, the telephone rings. Sitting down to eat causes the telephone to ring.

a. genetic fallacy

b. reversing causal direction

c. fallacy of the single cause

d. correlation proves causation

Answer:

d. correlation proves causation

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