Game: Link two variables.
100% of people who drink water die, so water is poison.
Like this?
5 guys that I know are jerks, so all men are jerks.
A racist guy died yesterday, so all racist people must die.
As the amount of giant pandas decreases, our technology becomes better.
Therefore, we must kill more pandas in order to have more technological innovation.
Sorry, cute lil' fellas.
My computer is junk so all computers are junk
Quote from: ZeldaFan on June 30, 2015, 04:48:55 PM5 guys that I know are jerks, so all men are jerks.
Quote from: mariolegofan on June 30, 2015, 05:50:23 PMMy computer is junk so all computers are junk
These are examples of
sample bias.
Insigturtle's got it right.
I thought I was done with statistics. :-\
Here's one: As my phone runs lower on power, it gets darker outside. Therefore, my phone causes the sunset. (Only applicable for today, but whatever. I'm too tired to think of something good.)
Every time I play Splatoon, I end up in Blackbelly Skatepark. Therefore, every time I play Blackbelly Skatepark, I end up in Splatoon.
This website (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations) is full of them.
Quote from: blueflower999 on June 30, 2015, 09:21:57 PMThis website (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations) is full of them.
STAHP CHEATING
Ah but they don't provide a spurious causational link, now do they? Bahahaha!
1 out of 20 people are affected by criminals. Therefore, 19 out of 20 people are criminals.
My air conditioner is broken, and the sun is hotter outside today. Therefore, the sun ruins air conditioners.
Kinda defeats the purpose of them, doesn't it?
The more I open the fridge door, the more I tend to eat.
The more I eat, the more weight I tend to gain.
Therefore, opening the refrigerator causes me to gain weight.
The more cheese you have, the more holes in the cheese you have
The more holes in the cheese you have, the less cheese you have
Therefore the more cheese you have, the less cheese you have
Quote from: blueflower999 on July 02, 2015, 11:14:01 AMThe more cheese you have, the more holes in the cheese you have
The more holes in the cheese you have, the less cheese you have
Therefore the more cheese you have, the less cheese you have
Haha! That's a good one. Pretty sure that's a
syllogism though.
(Perhaps we should change this to the Logical Fallacy thread? That'd be more inclusive)
Maybe we could just change this to the "Correlation = Causation with logical commentary by BespinBen" thread.