Now I can't really remind the exact case, the matter, but it has happened various times with the wife or parents that they mispercept and it took A LOT of effort to make them realize they were wrong, I think people can't accept to be wrong, it's just like they say end of story... I don't think it's lazyness, more arrogance to have the truth
I agree, for some reason people's ego don't let them admit they're wrong. I wonder if it's been like that throughout history or if it's a learned behaviour that's become more prevalent in the last 50-100 years.