argument to moderation

Argument to moderation—also known as false compromise, argument from middle ground, and the golden mean fallacy—is the fallacy that the truth is always in the middle of two opposites. An example would be considering two statements about the colour of the sky on Earth during the dayone claiming, correctly, that the sky is blue, and another claiming that it is yellowand incorrectly concluding that the sky is the intermediate colour, green. See also Centrism False balance Horseshoe theory View from nowhere Wisdom of the crowd