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@sj_zero

There’s a big difference between trying to be true and trying to be right. You can “be” the latter while failing to be the former, and that’s not good – reality doesn’t care that you won a debate if you’re just objectively wrong about something.

absolutely, but if you feel the conversation isnt about truth but just being right, then you dont rage quit and block, you just walk away from the conversation. So my point largely stands.

It’s tough to be humble though, because you have to admit you were wrong when what you thought was right doesn’t turn out to be true. Folks who work in hard science and engineering end up taking their licks at some point even if they’re really good.

While its certainly a good quality of character to admit your wrong, people who are in it for the right reasons dont care if the other side admits being wrong or not. You worry about what you learned, and if its nothing, and that is legitimate, then you just move on.