The Moving Goalpost The moving goalpost is a method of denial that involves arbitrarily moving the criteria for “proof” or acceptance out of range of whatever evidence currently exists. If new evidence comes to light meeting the prior criteria, the goalpost is pushed back further—keeping it out of range of this new evidence. Sometimes, impossible criteria are set up at the start—moving the goalpost impossibly out of range for the purpose of denying an undesirable conclusion.
