let me help you this way --- in its definition, it says that "assuming that an event must have been the cause of a later event because of it happened earlier. A very clear example is as below: "The rooster crows always before the sun rises, therefore the crowing rooster causes the sun to rise" “I sneezed exactly at the same time the power went off. My sneeze must’ve done something to make the power go off. “ “I went camping last weekend but my trip was completely ruined by the rain. The rain must’ve been caused by me; it hasn’t been raining there for months before my arrival!” “The rooster crows always before the sun rises, therefore the crowing rooster causes the sun to rise.” “One month before I met my significant one I saw a shooting star, and I wished that I would find my soulmate. The legend is really true!” “The temperature has dropped this morning, and I also have a headache. Therefore, the cold weather must be causing my headache.” Real-Life Example Pele, the Brazilian football legend, once gave his match shirt to his fan, and soon after his playing performance started deteriorating.

He believed it was because he lost his beloved shirt, so he instructed his friend to find it. And, after the shirt was returned to him, his playing performance did indeed recover.

It would certainly seem that this specific shirt was really behind Pele’s bad form. However, what his friend didn’t tell him was that they couldn’t find the original shirt, so they returned with just another shirt.

Source author: Mohammad Daud Mahmoody dauodmahmoody@gmail.com