We Are the Champions (of argument)

One of the five logical fallacies that really stood out to me was We're Not Programmed to Seek"Truth," We're Programmed to "Win". Basically, it states that people's opinions are not likely changed when presented with evidence against their arguments, and thus, are not likely to back down from said argument. This is SO true, I could not agree more with it. The biggest example of this is the ongoing debate of evolution vs. creationism. Creationists continue to deny evolution and assert their beliefs despite the unquestionable evidence. I believe that on a smaller scale this has to do with our natural instinct to assert dominance (and since if we asserted dominance the way most animals did we would all be rapists, "winning arguments is the next best thing). This also goes hand in hand with another of the logical fallacies, Facts Don't Change Our Minds, in which... well the title says it all. I honestly don't think that I fall prey to these particular fallacies, I do a pretty good job of accepting when I am wrong, even when it means losing an argument, because either way I gain new knowledge, and I win.