A better advice would be for them to do more research about that topic they are arguing about; the fact that a high ranked member is correcting a newbie in a thread does not automatically mean that “high ranked” is correct.

Remember that we are all humans here and everyone is bound to make errors, so before you accept information that’s being presented to you make sure you ask yourself “how sure is this user? Where did they get this info from? Can information from this user be relied upon?” Sometimes your skepticism could turned out to be good cause it will make you research more on that topic to see if you’re wrong or if the person you’re arguing with is wrong…