Question

1. Anthony and Marie have a heated argument. During their fight, Anthony tells Marie that he hates her and wished that she would get hit by a bus. Later that evening, Anthony receives a call from a friend who tells him that Marie is in the hospital because she was struck by a bus. Anthony immediately blames himself and reasons that if he hadn't made that comment during their fight, Marie would not have been hit. What logical fallacy has Anthony committed?

Answer 1

Answer: it is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc.

Explanation: Post Hoc Ergo Propter is a latin expression that means "after this, therefore because of this". It a logical fallacy and the reasoning is "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X. It is a mistake because correlation appears to indicate causality.