Comments on: False comparisons http://www.thelessonapplied.com/2010/03/29/false-comparisons/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MnM http://www.thelessonapplied.com/2010/03/29/false-comparisons/comment-page-1/#comment-59 MnM Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:53:23 +0000 http://www.thelessonapplied.com/?p=147#comment-59 <cite>there may be people who are still priced out and cannot afford the service, or insurance, or good. This is a flaw that is often used to attempt to discredit the solution.</cite> Well said, Caitlin. Often, when reality fails to meet our expectations (or when it fails to conform to our models), we blame reality and not our expectations (models). I believe Dr. Larry White called it the Nirvana Fallacy. there may be people who are still priced out and cannot afford the service, or insurance, or good. This is a flaw that is often used to attempt to discredit the solution.

Well said, Caitlin. Often, when reality fails to meet our expectations (or when it fails to conform to our models), we blame reality and not our expectations (models). I believe Dr. Larry White called it the Nirvana Fallacy.

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