Question

The city of San Francisco reported more missing dogs the week before a massive earthquake than any other week of the year. Therefore, this is factual evidence that dogs can sense impending danger.

Answer 1

Answer:

An earthquake constitutes the motion of seismic waves underneath the earth's surface, which humans can not sense. But, these waves generate infrasonic noise–a sound with a frequency lower than 20 Hertz and Dogs sense that something strange is happening, so they begin to be peculiar.

Explanation:

There are many observations on how dogs often begin to behave unusually right before an earthquake. An earthquake constitutes the motion of seismic waves underneath the earth's surface, which humans can not sense. But, these waves generate infrasonic noise–a sound with a frequency lower than 20 Hertz and Dogs sense that something strange is happening, so they begin to be peculiar.

Answer 2

This is an example of the logic fallacy called " post hoc ergo propter hoc", meaning roughly "after that, therefore caused by that". Another example: 99.99% of the people arrested for public drunkenness in the US last month had ice in their last three mixed drinks. Therefore, this is factual evidence that ice makes people drunk.