Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

post hoc

Read a random definition: permutatio

A quick definition of post hoc:

Post hoc is a fancy way of saying "after this, therefore because of this." It's a mistake to assume that just because one thing happened before another, the first thing caused the second thing. For example, if a dog barked and then the power went out, it doesn't mean the dog caused the power outage just because the bark came first.

A more thorough explanation:

Post hoc is a Latin phrase that means "after this, therefore because of this." It is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone assumes that one thing caused another just because the first thing happened before the second thing.

For example, if someone says, "I wore my lucky socks and then my team won the game, so my lucky socks must have caused the win," they are committing the post hoc fallacy. Just because they wore their lucky socks before the game doesn't mean the socks caused the win.

Another example could be, "I took a new vitamin supplement and then my headache went away, so the supplement must have cured my headache." This is also a post hoc fallacy because there could be other reasons why the headache went away.

It's important to be aware of the post hoc fallacy because it can lead to false conclusions and beliefs. Just because two things happen in sequence doesn't mean that one caused the other.

post | post mortem

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
JumpySubsequentDolphin
20:50
i need to know who decided to do that.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
20:50
omg im on a plane weeeee
the devil
youre on a plane??? LSD made the mile high club??
20:50
yo splitterus are you in school already
20:50
it says ur c/o 2027
JumpySubsequentDolphin
20:51
@SplitterusClitterus: HAHAH yes
ur user is hilarioussss and no i just graduated this may and am now applying ---also im out of messages so ill take a lil
20:52
roger dat. see u in heck
im back, r u applying this cycle too
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:32
this child fell asleep on me
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:32
im so uncomfortable
just push him off the entire seat
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:34
LMAOOOO
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:35
no he’s literally like 8 and he fully just put his head on my bicep and slept
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:35
he has since moved
22:12
@SplitterusClitterus: me yesterday
gulc baby pls text me back... i miss you ...... :(
22:23
i just went into a discord vc and yelled "YALL I JUST GOT INTO J.M. SCHOOL OF LAW"
22:24
people were getting excited :sob:
22:25
then someone was like "what does jm stand for" and i was like .. well
AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
@JumpySubsequentDolphin: wait this is so cute, also where r u going
JOE MBIDEN
JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:39
@splitty Oregon!
oh yay for what thats so random
JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:45
haha my brother and sister in law live there
so cutie oregon is beatiful
soyalmondoatmilk
8:38
good morning! hoping waves will come our wave today
8:42
GW wave today?
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.