Attacks your logic

False cause

Two things happened in order, so one is said to have caused the other.

The first tell

You feel impressed. That feeling arrives before you can name the move.

What it sounds like

An ad says: Sam took the course and got promoted three weeks later.

Say back

What else changed in those three weeks?

If they push

You can't argue with results.

I'm asking what produced the result.

How this family is disarmed

Restate the real claim, add the missing options, or ask for the missing step.

See it in dating and at work

Context packs show this tactic in the settings where it does the most damage, and let you drill it against a timer.

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