It doesn't seem like the same thing as asking dumb questions to uncover the truth that nobody has yet synthesized.

When you already (think you) know the answer, then it's a pedagogical technique. That's ok unless you happen to be wrong about the answer.

The Socratic method is where they eventually realize the answer, not one where you make them all feel frustrated before finally revealing it.

Wielded w/o skill, the Socratic Method comes of patronizing and trite.

To stay respectful, it is polite to negotiate with all participants in its use.

To be fair, Socrates' goal was to make them realize they didn't actually have the answer, they only thought they did.

I assume frustration levels for both come down to the soft skills used to run the process.