Here’s a fun thought experiment: you’d think that it’s because people don’t like being told they’re wrong, because you’d make them seem stupid in public and their pride & ego will kick in and they’ll do everything so that they don’t appear like they’re wrong, but what’s funny is that they have the exact same attitude also when online with anonymous pseudonyms. It should in principle be easier to just say “mea culpa, I’m wrong” online since you’re dealing with random internet strangers and no one knows who you are, but no, you will very rarely see that.
Here’s a fun thought experiment: you’d think that it’s because people don’t like being told they’re wrong, because you’d make them seem stupid in public and their pride & ego will kick in and they’ll do everything so that they don’t appear like they’re wrong, but what’s funny is that they have the exact same attitude also when online with anonymous pseudonyms. It should in principle be easier to just say “mea culpa, I’m wrong” online since you’re dealing with random internet strangers and no one knows who you are, but no, you will very rarely see that.