Attacks your logic
Shifting the burden
They make a claim and demand that you disprove it.
The first tell
You feel on the back foot. That feeling arrives before you can name the move.
What it sounds like
Someone says: This crystal cures headaches. Prove it doesn't.
Say back
You made the claim, so the evidence is yours to bring.
If they push
You can't prove it's false, can you?
I don't have to. It stays unproven until you show me.
How this family is disarmed
Restate the real claim, add the missing options, or ask for the missing step.
Paid
See it in dating and at work
Context packs show this tactic in the settings where it does the most damage, and let you drill it against a timer.