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Broken rung fallacy. 'This rung is broken... therefore I must climb higher up the ladder!' When true logic is going back to ground level and starting everything over the right way. This occurs when someone is so focused on a goal - they push for said goal passed the point of reason. Usually accompanied with rhetoric such as "there's no going back!" and "if you want to make an omelette, you've got to break some eggs!" - to eliminate 'going back to ground level' as an option. The ladder always collapses. The farther they've pushed - the more dangerous the crash back down.
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