I was about to say, I've definitely had my mind changed mid-meeting by facts, even if the person trying to convince me was being an asshole. It might not happe

I was about to say, I've definitely had my mind changed mid-meeting by facts, even if the person trying to convince me was being an asshole. It might not happen as often as it should, but I think it's somewhere between "reductive" and "untrue" to say that you're not going to convince educated people with facts sometimes.