So, too, they say, is the idea that because hookah smoking is an occasional activity, users are inhaling much less smoke than cigarette users.
And there are superior smiles at the idea that because our athletes are doing well, we might feel better about ourselves.
That led to a print campaign, which ran in December, centered on the idea that because "coffee comes from plants," Mr. Brooks said, "so should your sweetener".
That led to a print campaign, which ran in The New York Times Magazine in December, centered on the idea that because "coffee comes from plants," Mr. Brooks says, "so should your sweetener".
Henry Deutsch, 47, director of international sourcing, kicked in with the idea that because on-the-go moms were packing juice boxes, instead of making the stuff from concentrate, Outer Circle ought to redesign its juice container.
"[It] seems to come out of an unquestioning idea that because Tibetans are often religious, they're therefore not susceptible to rational arguments about how wonderful Communism is and you have to persuade them through religion.
Since British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene in 1976, both scientists and laymen have embraced the idea that because our genes are guided solely by self-interest, individuals must be, too.
Post-hoc fallacies are similar, but are based on the idea that because A preceded B, B was caused by A. An Argument from Silence fallacy is the idea that because there is no evidence for something, it must not exist.
"We kind of had this wild idea that because these tumor cells are just pouring [out microvesicles], maybe we can actually see it in the blood," Breakefield says.
Next, let's look at the idea that because the millennials are "entering" the workforce it is because of them that schedules are changing, and common business practices derived from the industrial revolutions of yesteryear are beginning to shift.
