New fallacy?
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Original Question
May I suggest a Silver Bullet fallacy: the belief that there is a single perfect solution and all partial solutions are therefore unworthy of consideration (if not heresy in daring to suggest them).
Answers
2This one already exists. See the nirvana fallacy .
The proposal of a "Silver Bullet" fallacy appears to be addressing a real cognitive bias or flawed reasoning pattern, that of oversimplification or black-and-white thinking. This is the tendency to see things as only being in one way without considering other possible solutions. However, it's not necessarily a new fallacy. Concepts like "all-or-nothing bias", "perfect solution fallacy" and "black-and-white thinking" already cover such oversimplification within the realm of cognitive biases and logical fallacies. Therefore, it's more an interpretation or specification of those existing fallacies than a new one in itself.
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