At the end of the day it is much more important what people believe than what is true, and people's reactions to specific instances of "nitpicking" varies accor

At the end of the day it is much more important what people believe than what is true, and people's reactions to specific instances of "nitpicking" varies according to their pre-existing beliefs. For example "nitpicking" is enthusiastically praised during the investigation of physical matters (ie: science), but it is commonly denigrated (if not outright condemned, even by genuinely smart people) when used during the investigation of metaphysical matters, and this mystery is a combination of both (but is mostly metaphysical to my way of thinking).