I was like that for a while until I lived with 4 other people who would often accuse me of caring too much about semantics (although semantics often had nothing to do with it... had to let that slide too). I started doing the following:
1) Hear something incorrect.
2) Can I immediately tell that this incorrect fact will change the conclusion. If so, correct the fact.
3) Else, let the conversation continue but remember the incorrect fact. Keep looking out to see if it changes any conclusions.
I started doing this consciously and eventually its become fairly automatic.
1) Hear something incorrect.
2) Can I immediately tell that this incorrect fact will change the conclusion. If so, correct the fact.
3) Else, let the conversation continue but remember the incorrect fact. Keep looking out to see if it changes any conclusions.
I started doing this consciously and eventually its become fairly automatic.