One time I experienced the correlation and causation fallacy. It happened when I was at walmart with my friends they decided they wanted to shoplift but when i noticed them doing i walked away because i didnt want any part of what they were doing. Although i walked away from them security still assumed i was shoplifting because i walked in with them.
I know this is a logical fallacy because One thing was caused by another. wich was me coming in the store with my friends and then the security assuming I was shoplifting with them. This was a perfect example of correlation and causation.
The situation was resolved when the security told us to empty our pockets. All of my friends except one had a pocket full of things they stole, and of course my pockets were empty. The security let me and my one innocent friend go and they kept my other friends and called the police. I found a new group of friends afterwards.
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