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I disagree regarding the accuracy of the claim as stated (you seem to be making the mistake a professor may carelessly make by considering a different more trivial point). I also disagree that the alleged "brilliant riposte" could be 'brilliant' as more than an effective social move given that it moved to to a different point (as a riposte to the claim and not just an appropriate subject change) rather than acknowledging the rather simple technical correction.
You are giving the professor the benefit of doubt that can not exist without TsviBT's claim of what he personally said being outright false.
We don;t know that the riposte moved to a differnt point because we weren;t there and do not have the profs words.
It did one of moving to a different point, agreeing with TsviBT or being outright incorrect. (Again following your assumption that it was, in fact, a riposte.) Moving to a different point is the most likely (and most generous) assumption.
(I have expressed my point as much as I ought and most likely then some. It would be best for me to stop.)
TsviBT 's point was not outright correct,, which leads to further options such as expounding on a subtle error.