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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

I would think so, at least for knowledge-based ones. Thinking about this out loud, it's hard to feel I can claim certainty given anything seems to have the potential to remind me of the adage that one can never be certain of anything. However, there are a handful where this doubt is completely obsolete, typically because I'm talking to someone who doesn't seem to know the answer is an obvious part of life for me. I have been wrong before and will mention so within reason (as in based on a battle of experience/testimony/proofs/contradictoriness in its equivalent to PEMDAS).

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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?

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 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/

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

As a Maths teacher, almost daily 😂

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

I'm the same! I'm literally always right! Never wrong! Ever!!!

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