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Thank you for the very valuable in-depth insight! What I had in mind was actual, demonstratable instances of being wrong. Such as assuming a parameter in a fun

Thank you for the very valuable in-depth insight! What I had in mind was actual, demonstratable instances of being wrong. Such as assuming a parameter in a function of a library works a certain way based on how it's named, and what _should_ be the _correct_ way such a parameter should work leading to a subtle bug that I then helped to debug. And then the uphill battle being trying to convince the person to try to use the parameter the way its documented, going against their understanding of how it _should_ work.

tristor 4y ago
That's an interesting example. I think one thing to keep in mind is that meta-disagreements and disagreements are not the same thing, although they may appear the same. Are you certain this person is saying the function doesn't work the way the documentation says? Or, are they rather being forceful in arguing that the bug is in the function, not in their code, because it behaves in a way they see as being wrong? Those are two different disagreements, but my appear to be the same to outside observers. Obviously neither myself nor the parent you were replying to are the person you had the disagreement with, so we cannot tell you what was in their mind.