Self-correction is strongest where advancement goes to those who expose their predecessors' errors, as with publish-or-perish in science, and weakest where advancement rewards loyalty to doctrine.

Evidence 2 passages

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  And to publish in prestigious journals, you must expose some mistake in existing theories or discover something your predecessors and teachers didn't know.

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  In religious institutions, Members are incentivized to conform to existing doctrine and be suspicious of novelty.

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