Something I say often is "utopia means 'no place'" or "no such place as utopia" - people too often focus on trying to build a perfect world/thing/product/whatever rather than focusing on how to exist in an imperfect world.
That's a much better name actually.
Right? I would say "utopia fallacy" is the perfect label for this meaning over "nirvana fallacy" because it can never be misconstrued as something associated with the musical band Nirvana.
As a Buddhist I agree. Heh.
The band has more in common with the usage here than the Buddhist idea.
That at least is a name that somewhat represents the idea. Nirvana was a poor choice and probably stems from a misunderstanding of the idea by the economist.
I've always called it that too. I suspect it is a common alternative name.