Yes to this.

And it’s so hard to not fall into common combative patterns, given how polemic is entrenched in human reasoning.

“Prove me wrong then!”

“Where is the evidence for this?”

There’s an old Taoist saying along the lines of knowing the truth is enough! Having to prove it suggests you don’t quite believe it yourself. Sorry couldn’t find it, the original is so much more eloquent than the way I tried to paraphrase it.