This is all just human nature.
It's not under his control.
In life, everything has its causes and effects.
Millions may be at fault, but Guangyi isn't to blame.
It's just that the very notion of social death is a bit troublesome.
After babbling so much, even if he wanted to take it all back, the time to withdraw those words had passed.
What now?
What kind of excuse should he find?
Say "I, of course, know that cooking rice is a noun," or say "Who would bother to search in books for where the first discussion of seeing isn't necessarily believing appeared"?
Nie Guangyi really didn't know.
The most critical point is that this kind of discussion, which is almost philosophical, might exist in several ancient civilizations at the same time.
No matter how you put it, there might be omissions.
What if the young lady had specially researched it?
For some unfathomable reason, he just didn't want to admit to Meng Xin Zhi that there were gaps in his knowledge.