I believe that economists generally think that a small amount of inflation is good for the economy, and that deflation is bad (because it leads to reductions in spending and investment, potentially causing a vicious circle). It's also relatively easy to counteract - just print more. In order for hyperdeflation to occur you'd need a currency where the issuing body didn't believe deflation was bad, or didn't care.
It's not really symmetric. It's not hard to imagine a situation where everyone stops believing something (a currency) is not worth anything anymore. But why would somebody believe that nothing except currency is not worth anything?