Also known as non causa pro causa (non cause for cause/not a cause for a cause) or false cause fallacy
A logical fallacy in which a cause is wrongly defined
A logical fallacy in which a cause is wrongly defined
Here's the exhaustive list of Questionable Cause Fallacy:
1. Post ergo propter hoc
2. Correlation means causation
3. Texas Sharpshooter
4. Circular cause and consequence
5. Singular cause fallacy
6. Regression fallacy
7. Jumping into conclusions
8. Association fallacy (guilt/honor by association, such as reductio ad Hitlerum/Godwin's Law, reductio ad Stalinum/red-tag/red-bait) {Association Fallacy is an illegitimate child between ad hominem and questionable cause fallacy/false cause fallacy/non causa pro causa}
1. Post ergo propter hoc
2. Correlation means causation
3. Texas Sharpshooter
4. Circular cause and consequence
5. Singular cause fallacy
6. Regression fallacy
7. Jumping into conclusions
8. Association fallacy (guilt/honor by association, such as reductio ad Hitlerum/Godwin's Law, reductio ad Stalinum/red-tag/red-bait) {Association Fallacy is an illegitimate child between ad hominem and questionable cause fallacy/false cause fallacy/non causa pro causa}
by Sir. B November 4, 2021
Get the questionable cause fallacymug. A question made by Tumblr user @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses: "If you were cremated and had your ashes turned into a vinyl record that could play only one song, what song would it play?" This question is often asked to celebrities on Tumblr.
John: Did you hear that your favorite band is doing a Q&A on Tumblr?
Sarah: Yeah! I think I'll ask them The Cremation Question.
Sarah: Yeah! I think I'll ask them The Cremation Question.
by thatdudenoah June 24, 2020
Get the The Cremation Questionmug. Again, asking loaded, re or de-contextualized questions does not exemplify an inability to defend a position I hold.
Hym "Loaded questions, out of context, from people who don't actually want an answer isn't the same as you asking me a question in the context of this things here. You're a piece of shit. Die faster. Die HARDER. Die and then be resuscitated... And then die a second time... Except even harder than the first time."
by Hym Iam March 1, 2024
Get the Loaded questionsmug. Ten Answers, Nintety Guesses, And Ninety Questions Are A Exclamation, Period <Punctuaction {Full-Stop}>, And Question MArk
Ten Answers, Nintety Guesses, And Ninety Questions Are A Exclamation, Period <Punctuaction {Full-Stop}>, And Question MArk
by TheSpartanicaOfAnyHellstromu3e March 25, 2025
Get the Ten Answers, Nintety Guesses, And Ninety Questions Are A Exclamation, Period Questionitis is a psychologial state in which the individual suffering from it starts questioning absolutely everything in it's mind or vicinity. It is known to spread quickly amongst humanity and is very infectious via the module of speech.
by SnowyDragon March 29, 2020
Get the questionitismug. by That cop everyone hates September 30, 2011
Get the Question deniedmug. A question confidently asked by a person that has given the appearance of being knowledgeable in the subject but really is not. Can be just the two of you or can be a group of you talking.
i.e. i was speaking about a construction site with a group of people and a girl nodding along jumped in with "iv always wondered, how do they hang drywall when its raining and not ruin it?... That's a Lemon Question, derived from interviews given by Don Lemon and the numerous times he asks a "Lemon Question".
by Whonose!? April 10, 2024
Get the Lemon Questionmug.