>>13775142Most people who trust in any given subject matter are illiterate beyond surface level knowledge.
How many people drive a car without knowing how to perform maintenance on it themselves? How many people practice religion without doing years of monk level service or knowing the language of the old scriptures?
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>>13775152 said people trust those who put years of work in a subject because not everyone has time to. It's called a mental shortcut, doesn't mean it's good just a shortcoming we have begrudgingly accept.
