Which fallacy is committed by the following argument? Chewing gum must make your arm sore, because I chewed gum all day yesterday and now my arm really hurts.

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This argument commits the post hoc fallacy, which assumes causality based solely on temporal sequence (i.e. A happened before B, therefore A caused B). In this case, the argument assumes that chewing gum caused the arm soreness simply because the two events happened in close proximity to each other.

Which Fallacy Is Committed by the Following Argument? Chewing Gum