Mochoh: It’s a fine line to walk. A Talmid Chacham has to be Kashe K’barzel to be able to be Matzliach in learning. And if that means thinking that a certain Rishon or Acharon is completely wrong in their Havana of the Gemara, then you have to think that for a time. Otherwise you will never be able to learn properly because you will always be M’shubad to others’ ideas and you will never have proper Havana of the Torah. The trick is limiting that to its appropriate time and realizing when it’s necessary (which is much more often than people to like to admit) to say, “He is smarter than I am; therefore my opinion must be pushed aside.”
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