You're misinterpreting what they mean as understanding and inserting your own doomer definition where this imagined person has been stripped of all ability to investigate a result or ask questions.

I too love to downvote and edit instead of admitting that I'm talking and acting in a way where nobody would want to be my coworker anyways. Where exactly are you demonstrating that you're doing anything to justify being kept around if that's such a big concern for you?

If you're so upset with my stated hypothetical, then just reverse me and the colleague. I'll be the productive person who doesn't understand anything, and maybe I'm that person in real life, but my point will still stand.

If I misinterpreted, then let me know, because nothing was intentional.

Also, I didn't downvote or edit anything, so I'm not sure what you mean.