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Because an unfortunately high percentage of people don't alieve that they could be wrong. Therefore pointing out that you are aware of that fact provides useful information.
It also makes you more likely to alieve that you could be wrong. I.e. the words place you in the right mindset.
A quick search or two hasn't provided me with a definition of 'alieve', but if multiple people are using it it's probably safe to assume that the word's not a typo. How does it differ from 'believe', which is what I expected to see in that part of the sentence?
This Wikipedia article is the top google hit for alief and for "alieve vs believe", once you tell it to not helpfully replace your search terms.
That is a useful word. Thanks for the heads up!