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Have you ever been in an argument where you absolutely objectively proved you were correct? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

As a Maths teacher, almost daily 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of times. But that's not the same as the other party accepting the fact :o) I've also been proven wrong many times. The way the question is posed implies that this is a rare occurance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, that's what happens most times.

But also, I have had the rare person accept the fact and pull a complete 180 due to a fact I've shown. It's very rare, but not impossible.

I believe the three hardest words for most people to be "I was wrong"

Interesting article related to this:

https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/one-crucial-word/

[–] Mouselemming 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Every time. Especially anonymously on the Internet.

Of course, the other person may remain rooted in their ignorance and fallacy, but that's their loss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Every time. Especially anonymously on the Internet.

Of course, the other person may remain rooted in their ignorance and fallacy, but that’s their loss.

For fucks sake.

You legitimately think you're objectively correct 100% of the time...

I'm glad I checked your post history to decide if I should block you.

Someone has to be completely irrational to think they've ner been wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I’m taking up the banner of defedding from sh.itjustworks. I’ve yet to encounter a user from there that isn’t an asshole worthy of blocking

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There's so many instances that are just used by trolls now, because theyre easy sign up and large federation.

Federation shouldn't just be the default setting, and then defeding when shit goes bad.

When Lemmy took off everyone wanted to federate, so there was pretty much zero standards