[advael]

I sometimes participate intentionally in social contexts where truthseeking is a top priority. I've noticed that while you occasionally get some overlap with the kind of people who like trying to win arguments in normal contexts by insisting that they are "objective", for the most part these people tend to be pretty bad at actual truthseeking too. Most of the time, they've simply arrived at a different dance to do to try to give themselves authority and status, a dance which works on a different subset of other humans who, like them, have leeway to decide what matters in context, and don't have enough information to arrive at a definitive "objective truth" regardless.

tl;dr The behavior described is more often just another form of puerile bullying than an honest and effective dedication to truthseeking

[amatecha]

Yeah, it's fascinating how often I observe people saying "I'm just telling it like it is", but the range of judgements and subjectivity they are demonstrating is just blatant. Like.. nah, you're not seeking an objective truth, you're deciding which facets of "truth" you want to focus on and propagate/strengthen.