In this context I don't really see a difference between "stop making your point about the subject we've been communicating about" and "stop communicating in general." Am I supposed to talk about the weather, or engage in a lengthy meta-discussion about talking about the subject we've been talking about?

I never used the term idiots, that's you putting someone else's words in my mouth.

It's hard for me to imagine how a person can make a mistake in a given domain without being at least bit incompetent in it, hence my point about competence/incompetence existing on a continuum.

Edit: ...and if the person were malicious, it wouldn't be a mistake to begin with.

So people extremely knowledgeable in a domain don't make mistakes in that domain? Or are they just "one notch too low" on the continuum- enough so that they make a mistake? I just don't think that holds.

Mistakes aren't always made due to incompetency and extremely competent people still can make mistakes.

I think most of the "seven factors that lead to stupidity" could still affect someone very competent: https://fs.blog/2019/01/how-not-to-be-stupid/

Well, I do apologize for my sloppy writing that made you think I was telling you to shut up. That wasn't my intent. I was just trying to say that your argument wasn't persuasive to me.

We'll just have to agree to disagree regarding human nature.