Those are definitely dangerous patterns. Another dangerous one doesn't even perfunctorily start with "if this were true", but instead starts with dismissal as a perceived status-challenge ("Bah, why would we do a low-status thing?")
> some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and mocked him for it
The common thread in all of these, though, is not embracing a fundamental mindset of "If I'm wrong I want to know that and change and improve".
> some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and mocked him for it
The common thread in all of these, though, is not embracing a fundamental mindset of "If I'm wrong I want to know that and change and improve".