Sometimes I hate being right. They say "the only thing you get for being right is being right." That isn't entirely true. The world goes round because people understand what's going on, at least some of the time. Society would crumble otherwise. It's satisfying to figure things out, and you can solve devastating problems with the right answers.

But wherever it's an issue that you might be right, that very possibility suggests someone else isn't, and there's often going to be resentment. It's the plight of the objectively inclined person that they face a lot of resentment for, basically, doing a good job.

If you feel that's your style, you should still try to figure out how to take responsibility for communicating as well as possible. Just being right rarely overcomes people's defense mechanisms, and often bitterness will be thrown at you, whether it's made entirely apparent or not.

Usually people don't resent you simply for being right - or, anyway, that isn't what they tell themselves. Once they can admit that - that they hate that you're right - they're well on their way to shaping up. But typically they believe they're being resentful about something else. For example, they think you're full of shit. It's a lot easier to resent someone who's full of shit and won't shut up than it is to resent someone who happens to be making accurate statements that displease you.

We all fall for our own illusions - sometimes. The person who "is wrong" doesn't set out to get it all wrong. They simply fail to catch their illusions in time, and proceed under those illusions.