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My first reaction was, post hoc ergo propter hoc. But that's wrong, it’s even worse! Post hoc ergo propter hoc attributes the cause of a phenomenon to something that merely happened before it. In this case, the “cause” did not even happen!

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I really want to pull out my hammer. Oh look, a nail!

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