That's not the point. The point is that you and everyone voting against looking is doing that for meta reasons based on the films' depiction of the Palantiri as ways for Sauron to project his will. They aren't. And we're also underestimating our own ability and will, considering that word of god has already said we can handle the One Ring just fine.
With Sauron no less likely to know about us than Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf and every other big player in Midle Earth, not looking only has meta reasons for making sense. We're a redeemed Balrog who wants to make a difference. We can't do that if we chicken out from what is, in essence, nothing else but a scrying/scouting mission with the possibility of a staredown on the side.
What I'm reading from all the arguments against looking is that we're somehow guarranteed to do worse than not just Denethor (who managed to use the stone a whole bunch of times without issue, until he despaired over losing both sons), but the arguments seem to assume we'd do worse than Pippin did when he looked in the orb (and even he managed to get a glimpse into Sauron's plans).
