toupee fallacy en · NOUN
Etymology
In reference to the conventional wisdom that all toupees look bad, caused by the fact that good quality toupees are usually not noticed.
Meanings
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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
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| toupee fallacies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |