The Possibility of the Rectifying Audit

 I looked at the body of knowledge previously known as [philosophy] and though, "Eh, I could do better." 

 What if I really did do better? What if I corrected all the errors?

 Maybe it would make no difference. Maybe it would be a huge waste of time. Maybe all the errors were illusory, and the uselessness was an inherent feature of the body. 

 Maybe the body was so corrupt that it was nothing more than one long wrong turn. Would have to start again from scratch, going in an orthogonal direction. 

 Maybe I couldn't do better. Maybe the errors were much more difficult than they appeared. 

 The fact the task appears daunting only made it more attractive. 

 Honestly the effort involved can only be called trivial. One person spending a substantial portion of one's life can't be called anything more than a minor effort, given it didn't even take a second researcher. Finished before I died. Finished long before I died. The sum total of mortal wisdom is so primitive it can be mastered by one individual working alone. You can try to call it thousands of years old if you like, but I think nobody is really trying it. I have no competition, even if you include the physically dead. An extremely young field.

 The errors of the previous body are the purpose. The delusion is the point. Naturally, those seeking the worst will try their hardest to look the best. They know exactly what the honourable are supposed to say, that's how they avoid doing the honourable thing so conscientiously. It wasn't all one wrong turn because they deliberately turned wrong at the last turn, to disguise their intent.

 Yes, I really could, and did, do better. This is because I was the only one trying. The benefits are numerous, but I'm the only one who wants them. The task was, at least, suitably challenging as a single-challenger team. 

 Still, there's that possibility that this is not the only very young and very valuable field. Perhaps you are interested in one of them. Consider not giving up. Just try it? See what happens? Turns out if you think you can do better, you probably can.