Logician,
I did not follow the discussion, I just don’t like that statement being used out of its proper context.
“-And yes, the concept has been applied to at the very least a attitude towards their opinions, in myriads of seforim for eons.”
Please cite some seforim, preferably halachic or non-chasidishe seforim, applying that concept to statements by post-Talmudic gedolim. I have never seen it applied as such. Sources discussing requirements to follow a psak when you ask a rav a specific shaila are not really relevant.
“-And the statement is explained Iin Rishonim) both in the sense of being binding when they’re wrong, and to a wise assumption that usually the error will be on your part.”
I am fine with starting with a presumption that they are correct prior to examining the issues yourself. But if you examine the issue yourself and you conclude they are wrong, then I don’t think you are allowed to listen to them.