toupée fallacy
toupée fallacy is the alternative spelling of toupee fallacy.
Meaning of toupee fallacy
Noun
toupee fallacy (plural toupee fallacies)
- A form of selection bias in which a thing whose quality is measured in terms of being difficult to detect is wrongly judged to be of poor quality in general, caused by the fact that most people only notice poor-quality instances of it.
- Not all toupees are bad, but you only spot the bad toupees. That's the toupee fallacy.
Forms of toupée fallacy
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Questions about toupée fallacy
- What is toupée fallacy the alternative spelling of?
- Toupée fallacy is the alternative spelling of toupee fallacy.
Words near toupée fallacy in the dictionary
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