Yes, this is exactly what is meant by “moving the goalposts”. And it’s a fairly well known expression applying wherever people retroactively change their requirements in reaction to those requirements having been met.

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danparsonson 2 days ago | parent [-]

It's almost like I disagree with your use of the phrase in this context, rather than that I don't know the meaning of it.

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monktastic1 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So you defined your own idiosyncratic version of "moving the goalposts" and used it to rebut his argument, with a condescending "you understand that's how science works, right?"--instead of being honest that it is you who are changing the definition, and not his failure to understand anything.

I don't see how that's any better.

	▲	seanhunter 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		He rebutted the argument about moving the goalposts by moving the goalposts. It’s better by dint of sheer bravado.

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albedoa 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How were any of us meant to know that you were using your own personal and undisclosed definition of a well-established phrase?