I have a tendancy to correct people, or at least an urge to do so (I usually keep to myself, correction is difficult without talking :
. One part of it certainly is ego, I like to feel smart and knowing things other people do not makes me feel smart. Not really a valid assessment of intelligence though, since for example I will often see typos of others and want to fix them, while I myself have terrible spelling and grammar skills and make errors in my speech all the time. I never am wanting to make other people feel stupid though, just me feel and seem smart I think. I don't think people are stupid for making mistakes or not knowing things either, it just opens the door for me to show something I do know. Honestly I usually have no idea what I'm talking about anyway :
: It is a bad habit I have though and most people will probably tell you it's something about me they find annoying.
That is more about factual type things though, on a more debate/opinion side of things I tend to be argumentative certainly but not in an "I'm right you're wrong way." I do like...love to argue (another bad quality!) as you would imagine a once philosophy major would, but often I'll play the devil's advocate to an issue just to show it has another side. When arguing it's pointless to try to sway people anyway 99% of the time they are stubbornly set in their ways, I just like to argue :ironicsmile: Or not argue as much as show error in arguments. I may agree but don't really know precisely why or feel the argument is strong enough to be universally accepted. You should always know the weaknesses in your arguments, as well as the argument of the opposing view(which should strengthen your belief). Almost every strain of thinking has a flaw somewhere, "correcting" someone's opinion for that reason seems outrageously silly to me, since there are no "right" or "wrong" answers.
