I actually do something similar to this fallacy whenever people call me on saying something stupid. The two most obvious solutions are to stop saying stupid things or to stop getting called on it.
I think you're on to something with this. Another candidate that's been bugging me for awhile would be the fundamental attribution error.
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Date: 2014-08-11 04:09 am (UTC)I think you're on to something with this. Another candidate that's been bugging me for awhile would be the fundamental attribution error.