Do you let other people's ignorance make you doubt yourself?

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When I arrived in Amsterdam yesterday I hopped on the train from the airport to the city's central station. I do this a couple of times a month so it's not a route that I really need to check. I knew it was a direct train and that it ended at the station so I didn't need to pay too much attention. I got up to get off and heard some non-locals trying to work out if they were in the right place. "This isn't Central Station" said the confident one who wanted everybody to know he'd been to Amsterdam before. "Amsterdam Central station is underground". Now that just isn't true and I was about to tell him and his friends that it was indeed both the station and the end of the line. As I got off, the guy was still holding court. "It's a few more stops to Central", he said. I got off, made absolutely sure of what I already absolutely knew - that I was in the right place - and then went back to tap on the window and tell the other guys it was the right place. As I walked off down the platform, they were still sitting there waiting to go to Central despite already being there. Amsterdam's airport station is indeed underground. Amsterdam Central is not. I wonder how long it was before they got off. Keep in mind they were arriving in the city - not like the many who only come to get stoned and who might have had an excuse for being a bit slow.