“I don’t believe, for most men, that it’s about “admitting” we don’t know. I believe it’s more about proving we can figure it out.”
Exactly!
‘Knowing’ is irrelevant. The ability to figure it out is everything. It isn’t an binary thing of do or don’t know. It is a process where by all locations may be discovered.
It’s the difference between geometry, where you have to remember a ton of crap, and algebra, where you have the tools to figure the crap out. I did poorly with the former,
fantastic with the latter.