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Re:They're trying to get me kidnapped and tortured, but Twit... by QuantumGood on Sunday August 28, 2022 @01:46PM (#32630321)
Isn't there a word for the fallacy that something can improve a situation and should, but because it can't solve it we should ignore that it's improvement is important ethically?
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Re:They're trying to get me kidnapped and tortured, but Twit... by thewebcount on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:03PM (#32630480)
The nirvana fallacy [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy

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Re:They're trying to get me kidnapped and tortured, but Twit... by QuantumGood on Friday September 09, 2022 @06:03AM (#32777394)
Right. "The perfect is the enemy of the good".
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Re:They're trying to get me kidnapped and tortured, but Twit... by MichaelCollins on Sunday August 28, 2022 @03:28PM (#32631269)
> we should ignore that [twitters] improvement is important ethically

I have not said this, and I do not think it. What I actually said is that I wish twitter would do a better job, you've managed to somehow invert that.

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