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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9388132" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Well, you may be right. But those people are saying more about themselves than about you.I just find it disheartening that it seems that people are so caught up in being &quot;right,&quot; that they refuse to admit that they are wrong. Ever. It feels like every person has internalized the Shaggy defense. &quot;Don't believe the facts. Don't believe your lying eyes. I am not wrong. It wasn't me.&quot; It doesn't even matter how stupid the argument is ...[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=107926751[/URL][ATTACH=full]369813[/ATTACH]A long time ago, I had a winning dispositive argument. And I wrote it up, knowing I had the other side dead to rights. I was so proud of myself. Anyway, long story short ... I saw the response they wrote. And you know what? I was wrong. I had messed something up, and while the case would still go on (it was fact-intensive), my kill-shot was ... wrong.I called the other side, thanked them for pointing it out, and withdrew the motion. And as [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] pointed out, being wrong (and admitting that you're wrong) is actually good. Good for society, and good for you. That example I gave? It made be more careful, because I never wanted that to happen again. And it made me appreciate other people that do it as well.It's also something I try to teach to the young 'uns. If you're never wrong, how can you learn anything? Eh, I don't understand what I'm seeing, and I feel like it's getting worse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9388132, member: 7023840"] Well, you may be right. But those people are saying more about themselves than about you. I just find it disheartening that it seems that people are so caught up in being "right," that they refuse to admit that they are wrong. Ever. It feels like every person has internalized the Shaggy defense. "Don't believe the facts. Don't believe your lying eyes. I am not wrong. It wasn't me." It doesn't even matter how stupid the argument is ... [URL unfurl="true"]https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=107926751[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" width="421px"]369813[/ATTACH] A long time ago, I had a winning dispositive argument. And I wrote it up, knowing I had the other side dead to rights. I was so proud of myself. Anyway, long story short ... I saw the response they wrote. And you know what? I was wrong. I had messed something up, and while the case would still go on (it was fact-intensive), my kill-shot was ... wrong. I called the other side, thanked them for pointing it out, and withdrew the motion. And as [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] pointed out, being wrong (and admitting that you're wrong) is actually good. Good for society, and good for you. That example I gave? It made be more careful, because I never wanted that to happen again. And it made me appreciate other people that do it as well. It's also something I try to teach to the young 'uns. If you're never wrong, how can you learn anything? Eh, I don't understand what I'm seeing, and I [I]feel[/I] like it's getting worse. [/QUOTE]

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