Such an admission does not make such interruptions less blameworthy when they occur.

Surely my egotism would not become any less blameworthy by keeping it hidden from myself?

If so, that could make them less blameworthy.

Note, however, that blind following of scientific precept is less blameworthy than its blind and purposeless rejection.

He almost felt as if her sins on the grand scale were less blameworthy than the petty vices of her censorious neighbours.