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I believe what scientists say about vaccines, climate change, etc. is right even though I don’t know all the exact research myself. Does that count?
I think so! At least those are things you can actually dig into and get the know the bodies of evidence, but it does seem like accepting them on authority is the default. I also don't have much knowledge about many areas of science I still accept as true, but at least with both vaccines and climate I am familiar with the basic evidence, e.g. I know how the COVID mRNA vaccine generates the protein cap that your body then attacks and trains to help recognize COVID, or with climate the way carbon emissions heat the Earth through the greenhouse effect.
I tend to trust experts in their field because, well, imagine the alternatives.