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    Moving the goalpost


     
    Name of fallacy Moving the goalpost
    Aliases Raising the bar
    Type Denial Argument, Informal Argument
    Description An argument in which evidence presented in response to a specific claim is dismissed and some other (often greater) evidence is demanded
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    Form 
    Treatment Dealt with by asking why other evidence is demanded and refusing to conceed the relevance of the original evidence.


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