It depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to make people understand that you’re right, “settling it experimentally” may work. If your goal is to get along with your classmates, shrugging it off may be the more useful reaction. If rationality makes the boy lose friends, it may not actually be rationality.
It depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to make people understand that you’re right, “settling it experimentally” may work. If your goal is to get along with your classmates, shrugging it off may be the more useful reaction. If rationality makes the boy lose friends, it may not actually be rationality.