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The '''perfect-solution fallacy''' is the [[logical fallacy]] of assuming that just because a solution does not perfectly solve a problem, it is not worth trying at all.<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerfectSolutionFallacy Perfect Solution Fallacy]</ref> It is a particular form of a [[false dilemma]]. The perfect-solution fallacy is similar but not identical to the [[Nirvana fallacy]].
The '''perfect-solution fallacy''', also called '''letting the perfect be the enemy of the good''', is the [[logical fallacy]] of assuming that just because a solution does not perfectly solve a problem, it is not worth trying at all.<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerfectSolutionFallacy Perfect Solution Fallacy]</ref> It is a particular form of a [[false dilemma]]. The perfect-solution fallacy is similar but not identical to the [[Nirvana fallacy]].
==Examples==
==Examples==
Liberals often commit the perfect-solution fallacy, as in the following examples:
Liberals often commit the perfect-solution fallacy, as in the following examples: