Academy of Sciences of Heroesland

This is deference. That is, in a way, humiliation.

Deference is not humiliation. Not in any way.

Would you humiliate yourself before an opponent who knows more but does not know the truth?

What do you mean? So, he knows a lie? What remarkable knowledge. Or are you saying that he knows more, but still not enough? No one knows enough; that's not an argument.
In short, respect and deference are a willingness or desire to emulate someone who has something that you don't. In our case, it's about learning from them.