David_Gerard comments on Defecting by Accident - A Flaw Common to Analytical People - Less Wrong
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I would add that acceding to the corrections of another is somewhat of a compliment - particularly to nerds. In fact it is a strong enough status signal that I don't expect high status people to acknowledge such correction unless they cannot get away with not doing so.
Saying out loud "I was wrong and you were right" is a most amusing piece of judo to use on Usenet. It tends to explode people's heads.
That's probably more because you hacked into their computers to access their speakers, than what specifically you said out loud.