Okay, I can see this distinction. I can see how, as a matter of social convention, “they are wrong but we should understand their mistake” could come across as more condescending than just “they are wrong”. But I really don’t like that convention. If an expert is wrong, we really do have an obligation to understand how that happened. Accepting that obligation shouldn’t be stigmatized as condescending. (Not that you implied otherwise.)
Okay, I can see this distinction. I can see how, as a matter of social convention, “they are wrong but we should understand their mistake” could come across as more condescending than just “they are wrong”. But I really don’t like that convention. If an expert is wrong, we really do have an obligation to understand how that happened. Accepting that obligation shouldn’t be stigmatized as condescending. (Not that you implied otherwise.)