Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
StatisticalFinding a pattern in random data by focusing on similarities and ignoring differences. Named after a joke about a shooter who fires at a barn, then paints a target around the bullet holes.
Example
Noticing that several world events occurred on dates with the number 11 and concluding it's a pattern rather than coincidence.
Theories on Conspirafy that exhibit this fallacy
- The Illuminati and New World Order — Connecting the Bavarian Illuminati (1776) to modern celebrities and world events by finding "patterns" in symbols and dates