"The same day that I bought this lucky rabbit's foot, I found a twenty-dollar bill in the pocket of my jacket. How can you argue with that?" The flaw in this reasoning is:
A) Faulty analogy
B) Post hoc fallacy
C) Faulty sign
D) Hasty generalization
E) Sweeping generalization

Question

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The speaker assumes that the lucky rabbit's foot caused them to find the twenty-dollar bill because it happened on the same day. This is an example of post hoc fallacy, as there is no actual causal relationship between the two events.

"The Same Day That I Bought This Lucky Rabbit's Foot