Join the club, pal. A lot of people don't want to be proven wrong even if that means avoiding the truth. Took me way too long to realize that, so now I'll often just drop conversations. I've started to give myself the credit of realizing that if I believe someone is arguing in bad-faith and is incapable of adopting contrary views then it's typically the case.
Sorry to burst your bubble but, I doubt you're part of this "club" because even after all these years you still argue with most everyone and try to win your arguments at any cost. And no way are you "happy being proven wrong/corrected" lol. You live in your own little world, mate
I actually had an aloud laugh at, "A lot of people don't want to be proven wrong even if that means avoiding the truth."
I actually give him credit in that I _have_ noticed he's improved regarding walking away when proven wrong, albeit without acknowledging having learned something new.
Still, I couldn't help but be amused by that self-description being sold as a description of "a lot of people".
It's true that this is a trait that many if not most people suffer to various degrees, but 99% of people call a spade a spade if you hang it in their face. After having done that enough in the past, I realized that at the time he was the type that would argue with a dictionary about definitions, the type of person you could have a debate with about the first letter of the English alphabet and who could continue to say they see B first even with you hanging the alphabet chart in front of them. Absolute zero chance of conceding having been wrong about even a single detail of anything. I'm glad he's doing better now.
You are 100% right. There's people that will argue against the sky being blue. Even if you give them all the evidence they will not consider it because it goes against what they want the truth to be. People believe what they wanna believe.
Yup. Take Contrivance up there for example. Headstrong, wants to make his/her point clear...Does he/she offer any examples? Nope, just vague nothings but I'm expected to think "Wow, what an insightful take" when the reality is they said nothing, and they know they said nothing but I'm expected to think that someone that takes the time to say nothing is on any level worth considering? Nah, familam. Haha.
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Join the club, pal. A lot of people don't want to be proven wrong even if that means avoiding the truth. Took me way too long to realize that, so now I'll often just drop conversations. I've started to give myself the credit of realizing that if I believe someone is arguing in bad-faith and is incapable of adopting contrary views then it's typically the case.
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Sorry to burst your bubble but, I doubt you're part of this "club" because even after all these years you still argue with most everyone and try to win your arguments at any cost. And no way are you "happy being proven wrong/corrected" lol. You live in your own little world, mate
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I actually had an aloud laugh at, "A lot of people don't want to be proven wrong even if that means avoiding the truth."
I actually give him credit in that I _have_ noticed he's improved regarding walking away when proven wrong, albeit without acknowledging having learned something new.
Still, I couldn't help but be amused by that self-description being sold as a description of "a lot of people".
It's true that this is a trait that many if not most people suffer to various degrees, but 99% of people call a spade a spade if you hang it in their face. After having done that enough in the past, I realized that at the time he was the type that would argue with a dictionary about definitions, the type of person you could have a debate with about the first letter of the English alphabet and who could continue to say they see B first even with you hanging the alphabet chart in front of them. Absolute zero chance of conceding having been wrong about even a single detail of anything. I'm glad he's doing better now.
Good to know.
You are 100% right. There's people that will argue against the sky being blue. Even if you give them all the evidence they will not consider it because it goes against what they want the truth to be. People believe what they wanna believe.
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Yup. Take Contrivance up there for example. Headstrong, wants to make his/her point clear...Does he/she offer any examples? Nope, just vague nothings but I'm expected to think "Wow, what an insightful take" when the reality is they said nothing, and they know they said nothing but I'm expected to think that someone that takes the time to say nothing is on any level worth considering? Nah, familam. Haha.