[jonahx]

It's not a logical fallacy, though. There is just no evidence for it, and we understand intuitively how far-fetched it is. But it's certainly _possible_ that institutional bias explains those results. It just happens not to be the case.

If we're looking for a general logical fallacy, it might be something like, "Using the mere fact of theoretical possibility as a way to justify unlikely beliefs, or as a counter-argument to strong evidence." I'd love to know if there's a term for that. It comes up everywhere.