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** Writers can intentionally or unintentionally create a [[Draco in Leather Pants]] using this trope with even a modest [[Freudian Excuse]].
** Researchers have shown that the best predictor of the outcome of a malpractice lawsuit in the United States is not whether there is evidence that the physician actually erred, but the status of the patient. For example, (in the US) if a newborn has a malformation, the odds of an award are distressingly high, even when there is no evidence that the cause is anything except bad luck. Obstetricians have absurdly high malpractice insurance as a result, and that cost is picked up ultimately by the patients.
**In [[Firefly]] episode ''Safe'' when his sister is accused of being a witch, Simon said, "She's just a troubled girl". Of course being a troubled girl does not in itself preclude someone's being a witch; in fact for all we know demons might prefer to exploit troubled girls making it have a [[Fridge Logic|certain amount of sense]] (assuming both witches and demons exist of course)that a witch would be a troubled girl. In point of fact Simon was trying to save his sister's life not give a philosophy lecture so if this argument worked it was practical just not valid.
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