Also, not aligned with modern society, since you kind of need free speech for that.

People just don't want to face the uncomfortable truth that they are probably not as smart as they want to believe they are.

It’s not about being smart as much as staying engaged with the problem even when it mentally defeats you several times.

That's what I mean. People are uncomfortable being wrong. We are taught from school that being wrong makes you less adequate.

I see. You are correct. Wrong is merely feedback on something outside of us, not a value judgment of us as people. But education and other systems need us to believe the latter at some low level so they can retain authority.