Someone notices that sunspot activity is high just prior to recessions and concludes that sunspots cause recessions. This person has:

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This person has confused association and causation by assuming that because two events are correlated (sunspot activity and recessions), one must cause the other. There may be other factors at play that are causing both events to occur together, or the relationship between the two may be coincidental.

Someone Notices That Sunspot Activity Is High Just Prior to Recessions