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Every time Lonnie wears her red scarf, her football team wins. So now she wears her red scarf to every game to ensure a victory.Which logical fallacy does the example contain?

A.False causality
B.Begging the question
C.Ad hominem
D.Ad populum

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A. False Causality

Step-by-step explanation:

One way to think of this is that correlation doesn't equal causation. Or just because things coincide doesn't mean one thing caused the other.

In this case, it's a coincidence that every time she wears her scarf, her team wins. his isn't necessarily true since her scarf doesn't directly impact the players' performance. It doesn't directly cause the team to score more points

And this isn't a case of Ad Populum either since it was never stated that a whole group of people think wearing a red scarf will ensure the team victory, only Lonnie thinks so

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