I think your friends may have just pegged you for a BSer and now anytime you say something that doesn't sound right they are going to call you out on it, even i

I think your friends may have just pegged you for a BSer and now anytime you say something that doesn't sound right they are going to call you out on it, even if they don't necessarily have the facts to back themselves up. I like to infer. Read a little bit and then infer a lot from it. To reduce being called out on something, explain how to jump from point A to point B. This actually serves 2 purposes. 1) Reduce the chances of someone jumping on you because they think you are a BSer based on your history of BSing. 2) Enhances your thought process because you become aware of errors in your thought process when you are called out. Ultimately #2 is most important. When you are called out or corrected, you gain insight not simply in your own thinking process, but how the person in your conversation thinks as well. Listening to your criticisms and implementing them into your thought process to correct for them in the future makes you seem way more credible and increases your ability to infer in the future.