tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916930114856798915.post8348697854778894743..comments2023-12-22T06:30:13.059-08:00Comments on The Skeptical Philosopher: Healer's FallacyJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609635136422662376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916930114856798915.post-16180475963064096872008-10-16T17:45:00.000-07:002008-10-16T17:45:00.000-07:00Hello Theo, I was aiming to describe something tha...Hello Theo, I was aiming to describe something that's a very particular type of post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Or it might be appropriate just to call it a type of regression fallacy, which I didn't know about before. I just wanted to emphasize how sometimes things get better on their own and sometimes people try to take credit for it by claiming they made it better. Whether this Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609635136422662376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916930114856798915.post-58647187744506080352008-10-12T01:34:00.000-07:002008-10-12T01:34:00.000-07:00Hi Joe,This sounds like a particular version of th...Hi Joe,<BR/><BR/>This sounds like a particular version of the <A HREF="http://www.humbughunting.net/2005/01/examples-of-false-cause-correlation.html" REL="nofollow">post hoc ergo propter hoc</A> fallacy - the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_fallacy" REL="nofollow">regression fallacy</A>. I.e. things such as health and behaviour (as two examples) naturally fluctuate about a mean Theo Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342708791160461777noreply@blogger.com