Description: Treating an explanation of a fact as if it were a justification of the fact, a valid reason for the fact, or evidence for the fact.
Logical Form:
Person 1 wants claim X be justified.
Person 2 explains claim X in detail.
Therefore, claim X is justified / true.
Example #1:
Barto: If masks don’t work, how do you explain the almost perfect correlation between mask-wearing communities and lower transmission rates?
Tikki: All this means is that in communities where more people where masks, the virus is less-likely to spread. It is not proof that masks are the reason.
This a logical fallacy frequently used on the Internet. No academic sources could be found.
