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Originally Posted by Shazam
I will tell you my own experience in this matter.
Back in 2000 I decided that making $80K would be nice. So I wrote a post it note that said "I will make over $80K next year". So, I ended up getting a job where I didn't make $80K. Instead, I got laid off. But lo and behold, the next job I got I actually ended up making much more than $80K. So there you go.
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This is a logical fallacy known as "post hoc ergo propter hoc".
Example: There were no nuclear weapons before slavery was outlawed, therefore free black people caused the proliferation of thermonuclear bombs.
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