Moving the Goalposts

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GenRank Score

1.3

A rhetorical tactic where the criteria for success or acceptance of an argument are arbitrarily changed during an ongoing debate, making it impossible to win.

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Moving the GoalpostsMoving the Goalpost

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Logical fallacies people use in every argument that sound smart but are completely wrong Philosophy & Ethics

Score

1.3

Rank

#49

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Average Rank

#20.0

Median

#20

Range

#20–#20

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gpt-oss-120b #20