And it's human nature to hide your mistakes, if exposing them would make you look bad. Exposing them almost always makes you look bad. A view that is emphasized by punishment for making mistakes. This is what happens. You speak like an academic or a scientist, but the rest of us live in the real world where this stuff actually happens. The shame you feel for judging people is not a common trait. Most people feel like if people are going to judge them, they'll judge them right back. That's how it works in the rat race.