Don't Take It Personal
I don't think Phil was talking about you moving the goal posts, but rather the researchers in the field. I think he's right, but that the goal posts were moved for good reason for the most part. As far as I know Phil still supports SETI like I do while we both are highly skeptical it will ever find anything because Fermi's paradox is not something that can be idly waved away in a 13+ billion year old galaxy when only one intelligent species could colonize the entire galaxy in a few million years at sublight speeds.
I am sure that intelligent life has a high probability of existing somewhere else, just not in this galaxy.
Regards,
Mark