Why would it not make you smarter? Having a hard time following this logic. Perhaps not significantly, but if they say something you don’t know, then by definit

Why would it not make you smarter? Having a hard time following this logic. Perhaps not significantly, but if they say something you don’t know, then by definition you just got a little smarter, if only by one fact about one topic. Also, I think a lot of ideas are presented black and white but podcasts like these show the intricacies of the gray area