Hell no! Being proven conclusively wrong means I get the opportunity to change my mind and become correct, to learn what the right answer is and get all the documentation to support that answer handed to me on a platter. Then when I inevitably run into someone else who is wrong in the same way I don’t have to redo the research, just copy and paste.
Don’t you just hate it when you do tons of research to prove someone wrong, but it turns out they were right?
Hell no! Being proven conclusively wrong means I get the opportunity to change my mind and become correct, to learn what the right answer is and get all the documentation to support that answer handed to me on a platter. Then when I inevitably run into someone else who is wrong in the same way I don’t have to redo the research, just copy and paste.
I actually kind of like it. It means my internal model of reality becomes a little more accurate.
I still probably use some flimsy, too much energy to discredit argument back though if they were dicks about it, or I am drunk.
My research shows you are wrong.