The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving and correcting the information you possess by the authority of others.

Conversation works best as an intake rather than a display. Winning a small point about a trivial fact leaves you exactly as informed as you were and slightly less liked, whereas coming away with something corrected is the only outcome that changes anything. Most people spend the exchange waiting for their turn to demonstrate. The other person has something you lack, which is the point of talking to them.

In your next conversation, set out to leave with one thing you did not know. Ask a second question where you would normally supply your own answer. Say plainly when they have changed your mind.