In this situation, those others were not exactly wrong. It was about OP proving also not being wrong.
If people in your organization think you said something stupid, that could be bad for your opportunities there.
If you say something which is correct, but the correctness depends on some unusual conditions that are not well known, or special interpretations of common concepts, or some context that is not shared with whoever you're talking to, you have to either not mention that, or spell out those details.
If you posit that pigs do fly, don't forget the detail that it's when they are shot out of a cannon.
In this situation, those others were not exactly wrong. It was about OP proving also not being wrong.
If people in your organization think you said something stupid, that could be bad for your opportunities there.
If you say something which is correct, but the correctness depends on some unusual conditions that are not well known, or special interpretations of common concepts, or some context that is not shared with whoever you're talking to, you have to either not mention that, or spell out those details.
If you posit that pigs do fly, don't forget the detail that it's when they are shot out of a cannon.