Fallacies have long been used to corrupt and control the perception of the masses, in such perfect manner as to shield the true agenda of the disguised corporations we have grown to know as countries. Here we will review several of the methods used to deflect natural intuition to swim in the sea of mental manipulations. Of the eight great fallacies false cause is the most prominent. According to Randy Hollenback, false cause or “post hoc” (Latin for “after this, therefore because of this”) or the Butterfly effect.” Connecting someone claims that a new weather satellite launched last week has caused the rain that’s been falling ever since, that person is connecting tow events that have no causal relationship to each other. The butterfly effect is used to express the theory that a small change in preliminary circumstances can result in a greater shift later. …show more content…
The concept of cause and effect illustrates false cause’s rippling effect. When several events are related and can be linked to each other, a major case of jumping to conclusions can manifest for those that do not carefully examine the outcome with logic and reason. Such as stating “Every time I go to sleep, the sun goes down” would be a false cause statement drawing the conclusion that by me going to sleep, it causes the sun to go down. My sleeping is the cause, which leads to the effect of the sun