The Small Imperfection Bias, Used to Condemn an Entire Activity, Such as Legalized Marijuana

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Once you have large pictures of bereaved survivors, we know we are in propaganda territory.

It is to use a rare flaw to condemn the entire activity. The Small Imperfection Bias. My conclusion is that we should stop all driving until crashes are ended. Driving was the proximate cause of the fatalities, not legalization of marijuana.

It fails to state confounding factors, such as an increase in driving from the economic recovery, the aggressive personalities of the crash victims, increased by the decarceration trend, increases in population, decline of roads conditions. It fails to provide balancing benefits. It is a form of false propaganda, and deceptive.

Celebrex, a pain medicine raised the low rate of heart attacks by 4 times, and was pulled off the market by its company, for fear of litigation. The FDA did not even ask it be pulled off the market. It just issued a Black Box Warning. The care of millions of people with pain and arthritis was disrupted. The protective effect of Celebrex to prevent colon cancer was stopped. It was replaced by alternatives with high rates of stomach bleeding. The FDA even asked that it be returned to the market.

This bias is commonly used by advocates, attacking flaws that are rare and marginal.