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<p><big>Examples of illogically inferring causation from correlation</big></p>
<p><big>B causes A (reverse causation or reverse causality)</big></p>
<p><b>Reverse causation</b> or <b>reverse causality</b> or <b>wrong direction</b> is an <a href="page.php?w=informal_fallacy">informal fallacy</a> of <a href="page.php?w=questionable_cause">questionable cause</a> where cause and effect are reversed. The cause is said to be the effect and vice versa.</p>

<p>;Example 1<br/>
:The faster that windmills are observed to rotate, the more wind is observed.<br/>
:Therefore,</p><p>
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