Re: Correcting people that you don\'t know
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People that profess their own stupidity like this are usually too dumb to be corrected, and it is silly to try to debate rationally with such a person. Correcting him will probably hurt relations between the two of you and possibly make you look like a douchebag.
[/ QUOTE ]Thing is, we have no relations, I had never met the guy before today.
If it were something easier to explain, I would have corrected him. If he said, "Hank Aaron had 757 home runs," I would have said something. But since it was something that would require some explaining, I decided not to say anything.
My wife thinks it is weird that I don't correct people in these circumstances. She didn't actually hear this conversation, but heard a conversation a few years ago where the participants were discussing why birds on an electric wire don't get electrocuted. After the party, my wife asked if I knew why. I said yes, but I didn't feel like explaining the concepts of electric potential.
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