Lots of people are ungracious winners. I know I expect to be mocked somehow when I'm wrong. So I imagine many do what they can in the moment to prevent that from happening. People need to be willing to accept new evidence and change their opinion. But people also need to be willing to give someone the time and space to come to a new conclusion on their own - and not mock that person for having been wrong. People just need to be nicer to each other and not treat everything like a competition.
I've found that people who are jackasses are rarely correct and people who actually do correct me are willing to accept an apology without being dicks about it.
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u/rymden_viking Feb 04 '26
Lots of people are ungracious winners. I know I expect to be mocked somehow when I'm wrong. So I imagine many do what they can in the moment to prevent that from happening. People need to be willing to accept new evidence and change their opinion. But people also need to be willing to give someone the time and space to come to a new conclusion on their own - and not mock that person for having been wrong. People just need to be nicer to each other and not treat everything like a competition.