FALSE CAUSE
A false cause is also that because two events are related in time, the first caused the second. False cause is also known as post hoc, ergo propter hoc (Latin for “after this, therefore because of this”). For example, if someone claims that a new weather satellite launched last week has caused the rain that’s been falling ever since, that person is connecting two events that, while related in time, have no causal relationship to each other. The launching didn’t cause the rain.