What Do You Hear in These Sounds?

One of the best part about being the outsider is that the old white men never listened to me. EVER. At one point I tried to redo an old analysis as a test to my code. It wasn't working out. I gave a talk about this. I got up there and said, "The fits looks good, but the numbers never match up." A man speaks up, "Yes, but the numbers don't match." I responded, "Yes, no matter what we do, we cannot get the numbers to match." Other old man says, "Yes, but compare the old numbers to yours. They don't match up." My response, "No, they don't match up. That is my problem I am working on." Old man, "Look at the K* amplitude. Compare those two numbers. They are definitely not the same." Me, "Right. Again, my numbers do not match the numbers from the previous analysis." They tried to keep this line of questioning up until the guy running the session aborted my talk to make room for new ones. I will never understand how we ended up in an argument when all sides agreed. I truly wonder if what I say matches what I think. Or if they are just douchebags. Whatever I think doesn't matter. I am sure they blame me.
(Title: What Do You Hear in These Sounds?, Dar Williams)