This thread also summarizes my experience pretty well. To take this even further: I encounter in my day to day many instances of people making claims that are

This thread also summarizes my experience pretty well. To take this even further: I encounter in my day to day many instances of people making claims that are easily refuted with a quick online search. I have realized that correcting people over their lack of scientific knowledge is perceived as nitpicking and inappropriate. We got our incentives backwards. If we cannot speak up over misinformation to our peers, then they will spread faster than the truth. Sadly, I've had to accept that in order to be perceived as a much stronger source of truth, I have to correct people less.