[jjav]

> It's a good balance to care about science while still maintaining a human brain with independent thoughts.

What do you think science is? The whole point of science is questioning assumptions and applying data gathering and independent thought to analyzing that data.

[mancerayder]

I fully agree. For some people, science is appealing to authority, though, that is the nuance here.

Are we doing studies ourselves? Of course not. Are we reviewing a multitude of papers ourselves? We generally don't have the time.