Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Bob Ackley:

 MG>>>>> Ergo no one in Fido believes a word out of OR Sauer
or Bob Klahn.
 MG>>>>> :)

 RN>>>> Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

 MG>>> Like my knowledge of French, my Latin is nearly nonexistent. :)
 MG>>> I do, however, recognize that it *IS* Latin. :)

 BA>> 'After the fact therefore before the fact' is an
 BA>> approximate translation.

 BK>  You forgot to mention, it's identifying a logical fallacy.

Not necessarily.  Pointing out that something exists/is true after some
event doesn't mean that it was not also in existence/true before that same
event.  And I was merely providing a literal (approximate) translation of the
Latin, not commenting on anything else in the thread.

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