tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post7712760081760865635..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Can you spot the fallacy?Tom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-1401661349767034012008-04-20T19:01:00.000+02:002008-04-20T19:01:00.000+02:00Hi Jack,yes, you are citing the most common fallac...Hi Jack,<BR/><BR/>yes, you are citing the most common fallacy. However, not all of the sentences contain this fallacy.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I wasn't too clear. If you want to write a guest post on any topic of stuttering, pls let me know and I publish it!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>TomTom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-16157085688651051752008-04-13T04:51:00.000+02:002008-04-13T04:51:00.000+02:00Fallacy: Correlation is not necessarily Causation....Fallacy: Correlation is not necessarily Causation. The formal name of this is <I>Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc.</I><BR/><BR/>Note: A correlation could, after further investigation, lead to the discovery of causation, or partial causation. That's just good detective work. It's the assuming of causation that is the fallacy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531162977820679597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-51397125068386654072008-04-12T21:52:00.000+02:002008-04-12T21:52:00.000+02:00Tom,No there was no injuries or anything special t...Tom,<BR/>No there was no injuries or anything special that happened to me. I have gone through X-ray and MRI and there was nothing pointed out.I just fell and my stutter has always been attributed to this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-72442845373493866782008-04-11T20:40:00.000+02:002008-04-11T20:40:00.000+02:00Hi Anonymous,it depends whether you had a real hea...Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>it depends whether you had a real head injury or not. I am not excluding that it could have led to stuttering. I was referring more to incidents where there was no clear physical damage.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>TomTom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-23179317996976453172008-04-11T19:58:00.000+02:002008-04-11T19:58:00.000+02:00Hey Tom,Great post.It seems like the common fallac...Hey Tom,<BR/><BR/>Great post.<BR/><BR/>It seems like the common fallacy presented here is that of Questionable Cause.<BR/>A specific event or variable is being credited with causing stuttering simply because it occurred before the stutter developed.<BR/><BR/>It is fallacious to assume that development of a stutter is caused by a car accident or other emotional event simply because the event preceded development of the stutter. <BR/><BR/>AlexAlex Mellorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700161100230747105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-63953535844762042532008-04-11T18:30:00.000+02:002008-04-11T18:30:00.000+02:00During my early childhood (age 2-6),I fell down fr...During my early childhood (age 2-6),<BR/>I fell down from stairs 3-4 time. I was always made to believe that falling from stairs *did* some damage to my brain which caused me to stutter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com