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Re:What to Worry About in This Surreal Bull Market by zbentley on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:29PM (#15799318)
> the fallacy, "if someone benefits, then they intended it".

Slightly tangential, but neat: that fallacy has a name! It's the "Post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

There might be a more specific named fallacy for when post-hoc happens with regard to individuals' intentions and benefits rather than causes and effects in general though.

Re:What to Worry About in This Surreal Bull Market by mac01021 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @08:59PM (#15803829)
I don't think "after it, therefore because of it" describes the fallacy identified by the GP.
Re:What to Worry About in This Surreal Bull Market by mjburgess on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @01:50PM (#15800164)
post hoc ergo sher lock