You dream that you win $20 million in the state lottery. The next morning you find a $20 bill lying on the sidewalk. If you were to conclude that your dreams could predict the future, which logical fallacy would you have committed?

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The fallacy of positive instances is when we believe that a few coincidental events prove a larger pattern or prediction. In this case, the dream of winning the lottery and finding a $20 bill are seen as evidence of the dream's predictive power, even though they are unrelated and the $20 bill is a small coincidence.

You Dream That You Win $20 Million in the State