I've done somewhat similar in political discussions, just state things as facts which I suspected to be correct but had absolutely no certainty they were correc

I've done somewhat similar in political discussions, just state things as facts which I suspected to be correct but had absolutely no certainty they were correct. Also known as "talking out of my ass". The idea being that somebody would correct me if I was wrong. So basically leveraging people's urge to be right on the Internet to get free & lazy schooling, and feeling halfway guilty about it.