Simpsons Logical Fallacies: Post Hoc Fallacy

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

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  • @ColburnClassroom
    @ColburnClassroom  3 года назад +12

    Playlist: ruclips.net/video/RnMmXTVOjBY/видео.html

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 11 месяцев назад

      Your narration is gay.

  • @A_Lion_In_The_Sun
    @A_Lion_In_The_Sun 10 месяцев назад +34

    I love how Lisa tries to brush Homer off when he tries to buy her rock, but then she shrugs and takes the money

  • @tonyj9743
    @tonyj9743 Год назад +105

    And this episode is why I could define the word specious at 5 years old. Also there was a Ducktales episode that fully teaches how hyperinflation can happen. Cartoons were educational as hell back in the day.

    • @mattb6522
      @mattb6522 Год назад +9

      Oh, yeah. I think I remember that. Didn't Huey, Dewey and Louie like duplicate money which in turn crashed the economy of Duckburg?
      Also, there was one where they traveled to an ancient, isolated land that didn't have money, but they considered bottle caps valuable. Bottle caps became so valuable that they eventually became the new currency or something. I don't recall the whole episode.

    • @justusP9101
      @justusP9101 Год назад +5

      @@mattb6522that was originally a comic

    • @cvhashim
      @cvhashim 11 месяцев назад +2

      Bro is watching the simpsons as a 5 year old

    • @tonyj9743
      @tonyj9743 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@cvhashim Godamned right I was. Every Thursday at 8.

    • @anubis8586
      @anubis8586 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@cvhashima lot of people did

  • @JohnSmith-gd2fg
    @JohnSmith-gd2fg 2 года назад +166

    Scary how many times you see, in politics, the media (and very much social media), fallacies used to push a certain viewpoint.

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 11 месяцев назад +7

      Logical fallacies should be taught in school. Of course they don’t want the public to see the way they manipulate them. But when my daughter was in high school I gave her a book called “The Seven Fallacies of Debate “. I think that’s the correct title, it’s an eye opening read, I wish I had read it in high school. I see them used on the news every day

    • @zornslemon
      @zornslemon 11 месяцев назад

      @@alphagt62I can’t find a book by that title. Can you verify the name of the book? I’d be interested in a good read on this topic.

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@zornslemon I’ll see what I can find, it’s been 30 years I ver well may be wrong about its exact title.

    • @jeramahia123
      @jeramahia123 11 месяцев назад

      Never underestimate people having an opinion on something we know nothing about, and others exploiting that.

    • @naproupi
      @naproupi 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@alphagt62 My philosophy teacher literally taught us that in last year of high school.
      He did say it should be taught as early as middle school but eh.
      Philosophy classes are supposed to teach you to think critically, but teachers tend to focus too much on the dumb program and students don't engage enough with the texts to realise what lessons they could take from them.

  • @oswald_1927
    @oswald_1927 4 года назад +319

    Here’s one. 5g towers went up right around the time covid-19 was becoming more relevant, therefore they are connected.

    • @cheesball96
      @cheesball96 2 года назад +5

      💯

    • @Nisfornarwhal1990
      @Nisfornarwhal1990 Год назад +18

      That doesnt count coz its 100% true and related

    • @oswald_1927
      @oswald_1927 Год назад +56

      @@Nisfornarwhal1990 uh huhhhhh. ok buddy, you do you 👍.

    • @tophatcat1173
      @tophatcat1173 Год назад +61

      @@Nisfornarwhal1990 can I perhaps interest you in this very cool tiger repelling rock I have for sale?

    • @Nisfornarwhal1990
      @Nisfornarwhal1990 Год назад +26

      @@tophatcat1173 ...I would like to BUY your tiger and COVID repelling rock-

  • @aaronfairbourn8280
    @aaronfairbourn8280 3 года назад +37

    I like this clip as an example of affirming the consequent. Lisa's counter example back fired. The fact there were no bears in town does not prove the patrols were working any more than the fact that there were no tigers proved the rock repels tigers.

    • @JohnSmith-gd2fg
      @JohnSmith-gd2fg 2 года назад

      If she had been aiming to get cash from a gullible idiot then of course it would have counted as success...

    • @FullchanAnon
      @FullchanAnon 11 месяцев назад

      How do you link within a comment? Does it only work for other RUclips videos? 😮

    • @albertskoften1452
      @albertskoften1452 11 месяцев назад +7

      It also doesn't prove that the Bear Patrol is useless. The only way to do that would be to remove the Bear Patrol and see what happens.

    • @minamur
      @minamur 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@albertskoften1452but then you don't know that what happened after you stop the patrols wouldn't have happened if patrols kept going.

    • @albertskoften1452
      @albertskoften1452 10 месяцев назад

      @@minamur That's why you have to also set up a parallel universe where the Bear Patrol doesn't get removed.

  • @virusmyth4930
    @virusmyth4930 Год назад +12

    Except that bear patrol has something to do with keeping bears away, after all it's their purpose on paper,
    while a rock has no bearing to tigers.
    Obviously the bear patrol doesnt constitute conclusive evidence for not having any bears around
    as they may or may not be doing their job, it's evidence (weak evidence or not) nonetheless,
    while a rock has nothing to do with keeping tigers away (it's no evidence at all).
    Treating those 2 things as if they are EXACTLY the same is a mistake as well.

    • @elliottbaker201
      @elliottbaker201 11 месяцев назад

      Not if I throw the rock at a tiger and it leaves 🤷

    • @suryakantaswain331
      @suryakantaswain331 11 месяцев назад

      ​​@@elliottbaker201throwing rock at a tiger is hilarious way and not a full proof way ....so no one gonna believe in it
      But bear patrol is a perfect way to keep away bears...so it's reasonable to think that

    • @jeramahia123
      @jeramahia123 11 месяцев назад

      All I'd need to do is write on rock "Tiger Repelling Rock", then it will be as related to tigers as the bear patrol is to bears

    • @suryakantaswain331
      @suryakantaswain331 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​​​​​@@jeramahia123in the video, it is just a small random rock and we know that, that doesn't gonna practically help to prevent from a tiger
      But we all know that bear patrol has a practical purpose to prevent bears from that area
      But yeah, if someday, a rock discovered which will be small but have capability to prevent from a tiger, then we will happily welcome that rock
      But as of till now, we don't have that type of special rock. So there is no reason to think that a random rock will prevent that area from a tiger.
      equivocation fallacy may be shown in the video

    • @virusmyth4930
      @virusmyth4930 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@jeramahia123 Only if you assume the bear patrol does nothing, like a rock, but that premise may or may not be true.

  • @wetwilly01
    @wetwilly01 Год назад +29

    Every writing professor needs to show this to their lectures

  • @Tolinar
    @Tolinar Год назад +12

    That said, bears in general avoid human presence - and with a lot of noisy vehicles nearby, it's entirely possible the bear patrol would drive a bear away, if there was one.
    Lisa does a better job of explaining this fallacy.
    Remember, it's also a fallacy to assume they are unrelated. Detectives do not believe in coincidence.

  • @berner
    @berner 10 месяцев назад +3

    A conversation explaining this to someone reminds me of the time when I tried to explain the difference between "Possibility" and "Probability".

    • @felynecomrade
      @felynecomrade 10 месяцев назад

      What IS the difference?
      Aren't they just synonyms for likelihood? 🤔

    • @redryan20000
      @redryan20000 10 месяцев назад

      This comes up in politics so often.

    • @redryan20000
      @redryan20000 10 месяцев назад

      @@felynecomrade No. Here's an example. It's always possible that a bear will attack, because bears exist, they have the physical ability to attack, and they can be territorial. But how likely is it that they will attack? And what is that likelihood based on?

  • @charlesorlando794
    @charlesorlando794 11 месяцев назад +3

    So you’re saying the bear patrol didn’t work? Because I didn’t see any bears after they appeared.

    • @jeramahia123
      @jeramahia123 11 месяцев назад

      No, you can't prove that it DOES work. You'd need a bear to get through the patrol to prove it doesn't work.
      It's like Americans who think owning a gun makes their home more safe. Until the gun is actually used against an intruder, there's no proof of that.

    • @-dash
      @-dash 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@jeramahia123Dude, guns are used all the time for lawful purposes.

    • @jeramahia123
      @jeramahia123 10 месяцев назад

      @@-dash yeah, by the law. Not citizens. If citizens need to use guns, the police have failed

  • @ElFino013
    @ElFino013 10 месяцев назад +1

    Also known as "correlation does not equal causation".

  • @joellemona9600
    @joellemona9600 3 года назад +5

    Can somebody tell me which episode is this it's urgent thanks in advance

  • @crocmint4246
    @crocmint4246 4 года назад +18

    I like this, making learning fun!

  • @martisole6249
    @martisole6249 4 года назад +19

    @Colburn Classroom Hey there! I believe this is actually a "Cum hoc ergo propter hoc", where two events are assumed to be causally related because they appear together. I know there's no point in debating where'd be the line between Things ocurring previous and after vs things ocurring together, but i think that if we call Lisa's example a Cum Hoc, we leave free room for a more specific Post Hoc which would be:
    "Tigers have occasionally appeared in the neighbourhood, but since I picked up this stone and said a magic spell, not a single one has gotten near".
    Maybe i'm overanalizing stuff. And maybe i'm wrong :D anyway great vids, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. keep it up!

    • @ColburnClassroom
      @ColburnClassroom  4 года назад +10

      Always open to debate, but first let me see if I understand what you are saying. Are you saying that the Tiger Rock occurred simultaneously with the absence of tigers? I think part of Lisa's point is that the bears were absent (with one minor exception) prior to the bear patrol, so the fact that they are absent after as well is insignificant.

    • @michaelchallis4129
      @michaelchallis4129 Год назад

      Heh heh. Cum.

  • @BoleDaPole
    @BoleDaPole 10 месяцев назад

    Do those anti tiger rocks really exist? I kinda want to buy one, but there aren't any Tigers where I live so it'd be more of a novelty item more than anything.
    Edit: will these rocks negatively affect all cats or just tigers? There are cats in my area and I don't want to chase them away.

  • @HeyImAedRianne
    @HeyImAedRianne 3 года назад

    0:01 hi! I have a question, sir. Is the 156 in "(Kirszner 156)" is a date? Is that a typo? Then what year it should be? TY!

  • @hamedteb6608
    @hamedteb6608 12 дней назад

    In that scene, Homer Simpson is committing the fallacy known as "post hoc ergo propter hoc," which translates to "after this, therefore because of this." This fallacy occurs when it is assumed that if one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second.
    In this case, Homer is claiming that the absence of bears is due to the existence of the bear patrol, without any evidence to support that causal relationship. The child then cleverly points out the absurdity of this reasoning by suggesting that the absence of tigers is due to a stone, highlighting the flawed logic in Homer's argument. The child is essentially mocking the fallacious reasoning by providing an equally absurd explanation, which serves to illustrate the weakness of Homer's claim.

  • @Tygermetal
    @Tygermetal 11 месяцев назад +2

    But it was the immigrants, even when it was the bears it was really immigrants

  • @bringyourownsnake980
    @bringyourownsnake980 10 месяцев назад

    I'm no reader, but I am quite happy after many years...
    TV taught me 10xs of what I learned in school.

  • @gregors1422
    @gregors1422 4 года назад +4

    One of the best Simpson's segments!

  • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
    @Inkyminkyzizwoz 11 месяцев назад

    To be fair, there not being any bears likely DID have something to do with the bear patrol

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid 11 месяцев назад

      It's likely that bear sighting was the only one they've had in years and that the bear patrol's only real purpose was to give a very loud and visible appearance of the local government doing something.

  • @ЮрийКозин-ф7п
    @ЮрийКозин-ф7п 2 года назад +6

    Ahahhah thanks to the author. Amazing clip! This scene from Simpsons got stuck in my brain ;)) Very funny and unforgettable.

  • @-dash
    @-dash 10 месяцев назад

    The alarm was on, which could suggest that Homer may have actually been correct.

  • @jonah.donohue
    @jonah.donohue 11 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing analysis

  • @jeramahia123
    @jeramahia123 11 месяцев назад +3

    American gun owners in a nutshell.

    • @TJ-fe7rr
      @TJ-fe7rr 11 месяцев назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @AbrahamNixons
    @AbrahamNixons 11 месяцев назад

    Great idea for a series!

  • @engg84
    @engg84 Год назад +4

    An important lesson. If you can't educate dumb people, scam them out of their money. 😄

  • @chasemarangu
    @chasemarangu 3 года назад

    I'm going to watch they whole playlist

  • @SamiiYou
    @SamiiYou Год назад +1

    I thought that it was also a metaphor for the cold war.

    • @doctordl7757
      @doctordl7757 11 месяцев назад

      Look this man gets his fallacies wrong its scary how he has no convictions about it.

  • @ajmorelan
    @ajmorelan 3 года назад +1

    ayo I actually learned something

  • @jayfreeman5117
    @jayfreeman5117 3 года назад

    Thank you for the video.

  • @markerikson7423
    @markerikson7423 11 месяцев назад

    Volcano Insurance

  • @somebuddyX
    @somebuddyX Год назад

    After hoc, therefore....something else hoc.

  • @kristianmcdonald3815
    @kristianmcdonald3815 10 месяцев назад

    So what have we all learnt? never try

  • @johnnysukhumvit9242
    @johnnysukhumvit9242 10 месяцев назад

    Ugh....how lazy. The fallacy is Post hoc ergo propter hoc. You can dumb it down to two words for common people, but that is not as educational. The Latin translation means that you will never forget what the fallacy is. "After this, therefore because of this."

  • @Yangott
    @Yangott 3 года назад +1

    thanks!!

  • @dixonpinfold2582
    @dixonpinfold2582 10 месяцев назад

    I watched this video and was soon bored. Therefore, this video caused my boredom.

  • @daboxingscholar
    @daboxingscholar 2 года назад

    🤣🤣

  • @cairosilver2932
    @cairosilver2932 11 месяцев назад

    Seems odd to describe post hoc fallacy by attributing mental states to cartoon characters.

  • @solidNJ
    @solidNJ 11 месяцев назад

    This reminds me of the 2nd ammendment and the right for every nutcase of owning a gun to defend his home. Then came the problems of street violence, school shootings... who do we blame?...

    • @-dash
      @-dash 10 месяцев назад +1

      Well, you can’t blame individuals lawfully protecting their own property, that’s for sure.

  • @normanred9212
    @normanred9212 11 месяцев назад +1

    The same is with shots, how fools think they help when it is your own body that does all the work while shots actually cause damage and crippling of the body

    • @Crispierbug
      @Crispierbug 11 месяцев назад

      100% misinformation.

    • @siobhannoble8545
      @siobhannoble8545 11 месяцев назад +1

      Clearly your science teachers and/or parents failed you, so I'm gonna spell it out.
      Vaccines introduce a weakened form of a virus so that your antibodies can learn how to fight off the real thing. Think of it like a visiting professor giving a special lecture.
      Your immune system still does the actual work but, thanks to the vaccine, it's much better prepared to fend off the virus than it would be otherwise.
      Science is our friend.

    • @jeramahia123
      @jeramahia123 11 месяцев назад +1

      No, not the same. We know vaccines make a difference because they compare control and experimental groups. One group gets the real drug, the other gets a placebo. And they compare the differences and control for other variables to determine if the drug works compared to the body naturally healing itself. This has always been the case.
      A post hoc would be people who think vaccines cause autism. Or who thinks that because someone who doesn't get shots doesn't get sick must mean that shots don't work, instead of asking other reasons why a person might not get sick (like environmental or genetic factors).

    • @Jumpyman_thegamerYT
      @Jumpyman_thegamerYT 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@jeramahia123 Facts.

  • @junglebull2635
    @junglebull2635 10 месяцев назад

    I hate Lisa Simpson, worst character ever