Need your help again on a phrase/word

[tiredtoo]

what is the proper word used to describe a false condition? ie The sky is blue today, it is a nice day therefore blue skies create nice days.
Sorry but this old brain just doesn't work as good anymore. dammit!

[raccoon]

1. "Correlation doesn't mean causation?" nt

[HardTimes99]

2. "False Syllogism"? - nt

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. Fallacy? n/t

[HardTimes99]

4. You have nailed it, proving you are neither 'smarmy' nor a 'doofus' :) - nt

[Buzz Clik]

7. false equivalence.

A good vocabulary does not disqualify one from being either a doofus or smarmy.

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. Logically speaking, I don't think it does, but thanks anyway. I'll take a compliment....

... where I can get it these days.

[Recursion]

5. In logic class we called that a false inference, in this case "IAA"

Going from a particular affirmative major premise (I) through a universal affirmative minor premise (A) to a universal affirmative conclusion (A). You can do AAA or AII, but not IAA or IIA.

[raccoon]

6. Post hoc ergo propter hoc, Latin for "after this, therefore because of this",

is a logical fallacy (of the questionable cause variety) that states "Since that event followed this one, that event must have been caused by this one."

(wikipedia)

[Smarmie Doofus]

9. Veritas. n/t