The Fallacy of Misleading

Vividness

When I was in the third grade, the bear

at my local petting zoo got out and attacked
my next door neighbors dog. They got him
back in his cage, and the dog was fine, but I
didnt go to the petting zoo for twenty
years! Then, yesterday, when I finally got
enough courage to go there, the bear
escaped again! I saw it on facebook! It
attacked a woman and her child, and
theres no way Im going anywhere near
that zoo now! That bear just gets out too
often!

Hold on there, Muchacho!

This bear isnt really attacking
me and my mom. See, its just
a statue, and my mom is
exploiting my tender age to
get likes on social media. All is
well!
But I couldnt help but
notice a logical fallacy in what
you just said. See, the bear at
the petting zoo doesnt get out
that often. The news doesnt
tend to report it when the
animals stay in their cages, so
you havent paid attention to
those days. And now that you
have two examples of the bear
escaping without any examples
of the bear not escaping, you
have a poorly constructed view
of how likely it is for the bear
to escape. Youve put too much
weight into the emotionaly

Because bears are

people too.