though on reflection, I do think the second example feels something like “to fix P, we would have to do something different, therefore P is intractable”, which does seem to me like a more common fallacy and probably most appealing to people who feel that P isn’t a big deal anyway.
the third example also has a similar vibe (“to fix P, we would have to do something different (specifically, X, which would be bad) (and P isn’t a big deal anyway)”).
though on reflection, I do think the second example feels something like “to fix P, we would have to do something different, therefore P is intractable”, which does seem to me like a more common fallacy and probably most appealing to people who feel that P isn’t a big deal anyway.
the third example also has a similar vibe (“to fix P, we would have to do something different (specifically, X, which would be bad) (and P isn’t a big deal anyway)”).